The Wines of Holman Ranch, Carmel Valley

I stayed one night at Holman Ranch last September, and the serenity and beauty of the place -- the stillness, the magnitude of stars in the night sky -- cannot be emphasized too much. Deep in the hills of Carmel Valley, inland and south of Monterey Bay, Holman Ranch

occupies land bestowed upon the Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo -- hence, lat…