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Originally, La Lomita Ranch was part of the Mexican land grant, Rancho Corral de Piedra, a 30,911-acre given in 1841 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José María Villavicencio. The grant was located between present day San Luis Obispo and Arroyo Grande, and bounded on the south by Arroyo Grande Creek. When José María Villavicencio died in 1853, he left the ranch to his seven children. In 1866, Rodríguez convinced the heirs to sell him the entire rancho, which he sold to dairyman George Steele and his brothers Edgar W., Isaac C., and Rensselaer E. Steele. Eventually 700 acres were purchased and developed by Prince Zourab Tchkotoua and Princess Marieta Salas in the mid-1970s, bringing to San Luis Obispo a world class Arabian Horse Breeding facility. In the mid-1990s the ranch was acquired and subdivided into five parcels, with four of the parcels being acquired and planted as vineyards. The 160 acre parcel with the equine facility remained La Lomita Ranch, and today serves as the gateway to Edna Valley's Central Coast wine region.