 The vineyard traces its roots back to 1837, when Tomas Olivera received the two square league Rancho Tepusquet Mexican land grant from then Governor of Alta California, Juan Bautista Alvarado.The grant covered nearly ranging upward to the San Rafael Mountains from the Santa Maria Mesa, which bordered the Sisquoc and Cuyama Rivers.The ranch was generously watered by Tepusquet Creek, so called by the Chumash Indians to whom it meant "fishing for trout."