A person stands in a vineyard, touching grapevines with autumn-colored leaves under a clear blue sky.
Jake Fetzer, co-owner and winemaker at Masút Vineyard and Winery, stands in one of the winery's vineyard blocks in the Eagle Peak Mendocino County appellation near Redwood Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. Masút is the only winery in the 26,260-acre appellation, which Fetzer and his brother, Ben, spent about a decade getting the federal government to establish. (Roger Coryell/Bay City News)

This story is part of Islands and Valleys, a monthly tour of Mendocino County’s 13 American Viticultural Areas.

MENDOCINO CO., 10/28/26 — Jake Fetzer was giving a tour of his family’s vineyards on an October Wednesday, when he pointed up the canyon at the mountain above them.

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