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Berkeley climber turns fall into prize wine venture
Al Baxter, a planning consultant from San Francisco, switched from mountaineering to winemaking after a serious fall in Yosemite. From a 1964 start in his Berkeley basement, his Veedercrest label now sells in about 30 shops with 3 000 gallons aging and two 1973 Los Angeles County Fair gold medals for Johannisberg Riesling and Petite Sarah Rose.
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