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IF ONLY MORE sommeliers turned left instead of right upon leaving the San Francisco airport, lamented winemaker Sabrine Rodems of Wrath in Soledad, Calif. She made this observation when I stopped by for a visit last month. Turning right meant driving north to the Napa Valley, while turning left would take them south to Santa Lucia Highlands, a little known, ruggedly beautiful region that produces Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs that would impress these sommeliers if they only tried them.
I pondered the possible reasons why…