The Paicines AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in

San Benito County San Benito County (; ''San Benito'', Spanish for " St. Benedict"), officially the County of San Benito, is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,209. The co ...

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, named after the town of Paicines. It is part of the larger

San Benito AVA The San Benito AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in San Benito County, California. It is part of the larger Central Coast AVA. San Benito has a moderate climate with cooling breezes from the Pacific Ocean arriving via gaps between the ...

, and is located near the central part of the county. The Paicines area is warmer than other nearby regions in San Benito, but cooler than the wine regions of the Central Valley. The

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is home to the Vista Verde Vineyard, a vineyard once owned by Almaden Vineyards.

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American Viticultural Areas American Viticultural Areas of California Geography of San Benito County, California 1982 establishments in California {{wine-region-stub