Appellation Description
Don’t expect to find chi-chi cult wines in the Pachecho Pass AVA, which straddles the borders of San Benito and Santa Clara counties. Production here favors everyday wines to please local consumers and tourists along Highway 152. This seems only fitting, since the Pass is a 15-mile long corridor which was originally used by Indians traveling to the
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