Wine & Country Living

One of the perks of living with a wine professional is to visit my wine-loving vagabond on the road in California wine country.

This week, I joined Wine Guy in Silicon Valley and we had lunch at one of his away-from-home haunts; the Los Gatos Brewing Company or "The Diners Pub," in historic Los Gatos Village.

Los Gatos, is one of Santa Clara Valley's bedroom communities and best known for its quaint gift shops lined along cobble stoned streets, edged in manicured olive trees and lavender. It's also known for its pricy real-estate and fabulous restaurants.

The village of Los Gatos, tucked up ag...