One of the San Benito County’s wine pioneers was recovering
Friday from a crash on Cienega Road.
Paicines – One of the San Benito County’s wine pioneers was recovering Friday from a crash on Cienega Road.
Robert Enz, 71, crashed a 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe into a tree off Cienega Road near Limekiln Road Wednesday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol reported. Enz’s son, Bob Enz, said Thursday that his father is doing well. He remained hospitalized Friday, recovering from a broken ankle.
“He’s doing fine,” Bob Enz said. “He got very lucky.”
Officer Chris Armstrong, the public information officer for the Hollister-Gilroy area office of the CHP, said Enz was flown by helicopter to San Jose Regional Medical Center.
The crash is still under investigation, but alcohol was not a factor, Armstrong said Thursday.
Enz, along with his wife Susan, began Enz Vineyards and Winery in 1972 on Limekiln Road, according to the San Benito County Wine Growers Association. The vineyard grows Muscat and Negrette variety vines dating from 1895, the oldest in California.
The vineyard boasts 1,500 acres of dry-farmed, premium wine grapes.
