Horse Thief Vineyard
Morgan Hill · Santa Clara Valley
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Morgan Hill · Santa Clara Valley
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About
Perched in Morgan Hill with views across the southern Santa Clara Valley, Horse Thief Vineyard is what happens when wine people remember that drinking should be fun. Rich and Debbie run a casual, music-forward tasting room where bands play most weekends and nobody's checking your palate credentials. Their Chardonnay comes in half-bottles kept cold in ice buckets—practical and smart. The whites skew easy-drinking, built for the patio rather than the cellar. This is a winery that harvests, ferments in the barn, and opens the doors at 1pm on weekends for whoever shows up. No fuss, no reservations, just wine and a good time in the East Bay hills.
The Oxto Edit
Oxto AIHorse Thief Vineyard runs on the energy of a good backyard party—live music every weekend, owners who actually talk to you, and wines made to drink, not dissect. Their whites lean approachable, the kind you buy by the case for summer evenings. It's Morgan Hill's answer to wine country without the pretense.
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Horse Thief Vineyard
12575 Watsonville Road
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
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