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HILLS OF
P L E NT Y AN OLIVE HARVEST written and photgraphed by
P
ALISON ENGSTROM
icture this: rolling green hills dotted with towering cypress trees, olive trees perched on a hill and rows of meandering grape vines delicately kissed with shades of crimson and gold. One would think that they had their passport stamped and were visiting a land with a foreign tongue. But alas, you are in Northern California, along the outskirts of San Francisco in the undulating valleys home to Napa and Sonoma.