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History:

Firestone Vineyard belongs to an entrepreneurial and adventurous family tradition that dates back more than a century to legendary tire innovator Harvey Firestone.

Harvey Firestone's love of the land would later become a multigenerational hallmark of the Firestone family.

In the early 1970s, Harvey's son Leonard, a former United States Ambassador to Belgium, established a family ranch in Santa Barbara County's rugged Santa Ynez Valley. At the time, Santa Barbara County barely registered on California's winegrowing radar, but Leonard saw immense potential in the region's coastal climate and amenable soils. He decided to plant a vineyard, with the initial intent of selling the grapes to North Coast wineries.

Soon thereafter, Leonard was joined by his son Brooks and Brooks' wife Kate, and together they decided to take their winegrowing adventure to the next level by establishing Santa Barbara County's first estate winery.