Comments for Foodie Freak: The Guenoc Valley AVA at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://lakeconews.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:02:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/7867/919/#comment-11322 Not an eco freak, but with the economy and water scarce does one nead to mead the vines in a poison desert. Love it that the new wine grape love is screaching to an economic halt, healthier to drink grape juice without the useless alcohol. Remember the former owner fo the vineyard traded the ranch for what is now the University of Hawaii. Doubt the trade would work now. - a guest Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:21:31 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/7867/919/#comment-11318 148th Birthday, of the County of Lake, May 20th 2009. Written in “History of Lake County 1881, (page 46)” Guenoc Grant was a land grant made by the Mexican Government and approved by the United States Courts. The was Guenoc Grant ceded by the Mexican Government to George Roch, August 8, 1845, by Pio Pico, Governor of California, and it was approved by the Departmental Assembly September 26, 1845. Colonel A.A. Ritchie and Paul S. Forbes filed their claim to the grant with the Board of Land Commissioners January 27, 1852, to which they filed a supplementary petition October 9th of the same year. This Board confirmed their claim December 18, 1852 and no appeal was taken by the United States and in the survey of the United States there were twenty-one thousand two hundred, twenty and three hundredths acres. At one time there were quite a number of settlers on this grant, and the valley was full of cabins but they were all evicted and little houses have all disappeared. (1881) The grant was ultimately divided into small tracts and sold to actual settlers, who have filled the beautiful valley. - djhoward Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:49:37 +0100