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Sebastiani Vineyards
Sebastiani Vineyards is owned by Foley Wine Group of Los Olivos, California, which also owns Firestone Vineyards in Santa Barbara County, Merus in Napa, and Three Rivers Winery in Washington. Sebastiani produces 280,000 cases a year. History Samuele Sebastiani, a laborer, came to America from Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ... and began making wine in Sonoma in 1904.Feuding family sells Sebastiani Vineyards Julian Guthrie, sfgate.com December 23, 2008 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Olivos, California
Los Olivos (; Spanish for "the olive trees") is an unincorporated community in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tourism is popular in this rural area which is an agricultural region with an emphasis on wine grapes. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Los Olivos as a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 1,132 at the 2010 census. The ZIP Code is 93441, and the community is within the area code 805. History Sometime around 1880, on a bluff overlooking Alamo Pintado Creek, just north of the town of Ballard, a two-story house was built, with a wide, covered front porch and neatly symmetrical arched windows in the center gable, situated on prime farmland. It became the property of twenty-two-year-old Alden March Boyd, of Albany, New York, when he paid $8,000 for "157 acres, more or less, together with the dwelling house," in 1885. He planted five thousand olive trees, and called it Rancho De Los Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
