I dug through the Wine Berserkers archives and discovered a history of the now-defunct Hecker Pass-area Mary Carter Vineyard, compliments of our own Tom Hill!
Wine Berserkers
“MaryCarter Vnyd in HeckerPass/Gilroy”
by TomHill
October, 2013
Modern California’s first varietally-bottled Grenache was produced by David Bruce Winery using grapes harvested from the “Mary Carter Vineyard”.
Image: Mary Carter Parcel Map
The uprooting of this old-growth vineyard led Bonny Doon Vineyard’s Randall Graham to the nearby “Besson Vineyard” in his pursuit of high-quality Grenache.
Besson Family Vineyards continues to provide old-vine Grenache and Zinfandel for Birichino, A Tribute to Grace, and others.