Ermano Salerno & his wife Rose used to run a pizza place in North Park. After many years, they decided to move up to North County and settle in Ramona, an area which has recently received the designation of the appellation "Ramona Valley." Both of Ermano's grandparents grew grapes in the Calabria area of Italy, so winemaking runs in his blood. However, so does pizza making, as I happily found out when I visited their vineyard last month! They welcomed me in like family, gave me a tour of their beautiful property, and I had fun chatting with them a bit in my pretty rusty Italian.

Hempy's

Dairy

Hollandia Dairy
888-883-2479
orders after 4pm: 760-744-3222x195
Sales Rep: Tony Santos, cell: 760-497-4074
Customer Number: 1680
Delivery Days: Tuesday & Friday

Rockview Dairy, 800-423-2479
Seferino (Sef) Soto, 562-445-6066 cell, sales rep, seferinos@rockviewfarms.com
Use only their own cows' milk for all products. Also sell raw milk to some grocery stores for their own brands and make private labels like Swiss Dairy. Bottles Alta Dena's organic milk. Dean foods owns both.

Local wines...this can be a subject of heated debate! First of all, most people- consumers, winemakers and distributors alike- have widely varying ideas of what local means. Hardly anybody would assume that to mean specifically San Diego County. California has the largest wine country of the United States, with Northern California (Napa, Sonoma, Russian River Valley) dominating the scene. Central Coast & Inland (Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles) are secondarily popular.

Produce in San Diego

Crow's Pass Farm

Farmer's Markets

Moceri