1883: 150 Vineyards in San Luis Obispo County
Can you imagine—150 Vineyards in San Luis Obispo County in 1883? The first commercial winemaker in...
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Author: Libbie Agran
Wine History by Decade: 1970s
The first large scale commercial vineyards are in San Luis Obispo County, financed by serious capital investors and partnerships shaping history in San Luis Obispo County. For the previous 100 years, the vineyards and wineries were individual or family-owned enterprises.
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Wine History by Decade: 1950s
1954 York Brothers Winery. Bill York buys out his cousin Howard York who decided to pursue a...
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Grassy Bar Oyster Company
George Trevelyan has been working with shellfish for more than 20 years. He founded his company, Grassy Bar Oyster Company, in 2009 and soon will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary. The company name describes the intertidal-mudflat sites of oyster beds in the back bay just off Morro Bay. Historically the oyster beds were fringed with eelgrass, but that is now disappearing. George shared with us the long history of growing oysters in Morro Bay and his personal experiences.
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