About Tamara B. Pow

San Jose’s Tamara Pow tells us what’s good in the neighborhood

Favorite watering holeCooper-Garrod Vineyards in the Saratoga hills. You can taste great wine at this family-owned winery, surrounded by vineyards and horses with plenty of tables and easy parking. One year I took my husband on a Valentine’s Day horseback trail ride through the vineyards followed by a wine tasting with chocolate pairing. They called it the perfect date, and it really was. Local beverage of choiceLocal wines from the Santa Cruz Mountains vineyards—especially Cooper-Garrod, …