The Vintage Buck. More than 4,000 rows of grapevines, 620 acres of Central California wine country and 100 resident deer. Field & Stream Editor-in-Chief, Colin Kearns, ventured to Steinbeck Vineyards and Winery in Paso Robles, California, for one of the rarer varietals around—a hunting trip among the vines. Kearns writes: "'These deer love Merlot,' [Ryan Newkirk] said. His tone was so matter-of-fact that I needed a second to register the out-of-nowhere observation. It's not every day you hear someone equate your quarry with an oenophile."