Malibu Coast AVA
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Malibu Coast is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. California. The area is a long, narrow, region along the Pacific coast within the Santa Monica Mountains. It was established on July 17, 2014, by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after a three-year review of the petition, initiated by Elliott Dolin, owner of Dolin Malibu Estate Vineyards, submitted by Ralph Jens Carter, on behalf of the vintners and grape growers in the Malibu area, proposing the viticultural area named "Malibu Coast."
The Malibu Coast viticultural area encompasses the city of Malibu and is bordered by the city of Los Angeles to the east with the cities of Oxnard and Camarillo to the west. The Simi Valley and Simi Hills are located to the north, as well as the heavily urbanized regions and the communities of Thousand Oaks, Conejo Valley, Calabasas, and Greenwich Village.
The Malibu Coast appellation encompasses approximately 44,590 acres (70 sq mi) of privately owned land within the rugged terrain of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and contains as sub-appellations the previously established Saddle Rock–Malibu and Malibu–Newton Canyon viticultural areas. Its plant hardiness zones are 9b, 10 and 11a.
History
The Santa Monica Mountains have a history of continuous human occupation dating back more than 8000 years. They were home to two of the largest Native American tribes in California – the Chumash and Garielino/Tongva. Large villages existed throughout the range, as evidenced by more than 1,000 archeological sites within the National Recreation boundaries.
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