Recovery, with Wine and Pleasure in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Any trainer worth his salt will tell you that, as our bodies age, recovery from exercise becomes more important, and requires a bit more time than it used to. We happen to think that a weekend is the perfect amount of time to spend recovering from the physical stress of, say, a 50-minute squash game, and we now know the perfect way to spend that weekend. It’s all described in delicious detail right here in this L.A. Times piece on the undiscovered delights of Santa Cruz Mountain wineries. Writer Janis Cooke Newman tell us that the area is home to more than 50 wineries, some so small they’re open only by appointment. Most produce excellent Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, yet the tasting rooms are so uncrowded you might believe you’re at a private tasting. We can recover from that later.