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Article: CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY, MINUS THE CROWDS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 11, 2006
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HEALDSBURG, Calif. - The small sign for Middleton Farm is as
discreet as the place itself, yet it caught our eye as we drove along
a winding road in wine country. We made a U-turn and doubled back to
the dirt driveway, which we rolled along slowly to avoid the roaming
peacocks.
A solitary figure in front of a barn turned to look at the
arriving strangers with a knowing smile. It was winter, the trees
were going bare and the region's vineyards fallow, but Nancy Skall
seemed none too surprised that we had happened upon her eight acres.
"We still have some garlic and broccoli and the persimmons are
just about ripe," Skall said, noting the organic strawberries and
pears were all gone for the ...