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  "name": "Bien Nacido",
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   "Bien Nacido Vineyards",
   "Rancho Tepusquet"
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  "santa-barbara",
  "california"
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  "country": "United States",
  "established": 1969,
  "soil": "sand, chalk and marine loam"
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  "what": "Eight hundred acres on the Santa Maria bench, planted in 1969 and farmed row by row for whoever buys the rows. Over 250 acres of it is pinot noir, and the vineyard's name appears on more labels than most wineries manage.",
  "story": "Tomás Olivera took the Rancho Tepusquet grant from Governor Alvarado in 1837; Chumash had fished Tepusquet Creek long before that. Juan Pacífico Ontiveros built the adobe in 1857 and farmed grain, stock and wine grapes. The Millers bought in 1969, reunited two parcels of the grant and planted vines.",
  "how": "Blocks are sold by area rather than by the ton, so a winemaker who wants to crop hard is not arguing with a grower paid by weight. Some customers have bought the same rows for over twenty years and print the block on the label.",
  "today": "Also one of California's larger sources of certified budwood — a good deal of the state's chardonnay started as cuttings from here."
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  "lon": -120.25,
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   "note": "stated as over 800"
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   "value": 13,
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   "tier": "cited",
   "note": "stated as 12 to 14"
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   "key": "santa-barbara",
   "name": "Santa Barbara County",
   "country": "United States",
   "note": "the transverse ranges turn the valleys east-west and let the ocean in"
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   "note": "from Anderson Valley to the Santa Maria bench, wherever fog reaches"
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