Our Story
On April 17th, 1845, Governor Pío Pico, the last Mexican governor of California, approved a grant for the Rancho Sisquoc to Maria Antonia Domínguez y Caballero. When California became a territory of the United States in 1848, Rancho Sisquoc was protected under the Treaty of Guadalupe, and is the only remaining intact land grant today. The primary operation since the nineteenth century has been cattle ranching, and in 1968 vineyards were planted on the mesas north of the Sisquoc River. Today Rancho Sisquoc is a working cattle ranch, grape grower, and winery.
