Although located in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, Thomas Fogarty Winery produces wines from Monterey to Napa Valley.
Winemaker Michael Martella:
The Soul of Thomas Fogarty Winery
After nearly three decades as the winemaker for Thomas Fogarty Winery, Michael Martella intuitively knows the pulse of every vineyard and what it can produce. His wines prove it each year.
by
Laura Ness
January 30, 2008
he Thomas Fogarty Winery rests in the hills above the Silicon Valley. Everything about it seems grand and glorious, without being smug or pretentious. It has none of the manufactured-in-Hollywood faux glamour that seems to be cropping up in wine country everywhere you go in California, including here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Instead, there is a humility and down-to-earth ambience, even in the grandest of the winery’s event rooms
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