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Article: California puts brand on top-quality brandy
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 27, 1987
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UKIAH, Calif. A few miles up a winding dirt road, the rugged coastal
hills that split Mendocino County from north to south suddenly
plateau at a grassy expanse known as Eagle Rock Ranch.
Wire-and-post fencing encloses a collection of plain wooden
structures - among them a barn, an adjacent shed and a two-story
residence. Tending a flock of sheep, grazing in the distance, seems
to entail the day's only work.
Yet, inside a boxlike building, a once-abandoned still is
working overtime to produce a high-powered, clear alcohol from
fermented grape juice.
Despite the mystery and romance of a hidden hillside location,
this is not modern-day moonshine.
Instead, the bulbous copper kettle, ...