A late-summer portrait of Folktale Winery & Vineyards in Carmel Valley, where an old-world chateau, a coastal winemaker, and the rituals of harvest turn a single piece of land into a story worth following.

In the weeks before harvest, the Santa Lucia Highlands reach their most beautiful moment — fog off Monterey Bay, wind through the benchlands, fruit hanging heavy. A drive up River Road, written as a standing invitation.