With the eastern U.S. bathed like a wet blanket in record heat, we indulged in some escapist research to locate swimming holes perfect for a cooling dip.
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Equestrian Estates for Sale: 5 Luxury Properties for Horse Lovers
News broke last week that Bill Gates purchased two empty lots of land adjacent to his Wellington, Florida, equestrian estate for $5 million. According to this report in the Miami Herald, the billionaire Microsoft founder and philanthropist now owns four of the six properties in Mallet Hill Court, an exclusive enclave of equestrian ranches and facilities […]
8 Amazing Vineyards for Sale
According to Wine America, the association of American wineries, the U.S. wine industry was valued at close to $5 billion in 2014, with grapes constituting the nation’s highest value fruit crop. California’s Wine Institute further reports that U.S. wine production totaled 835 million gallons in 2015, 90 percent of which came from Californian vineyards. Established […]
Celebrity Real Estate: Oprah Winfrey’s New SoCal Home
The new owner of 23-acre Seamair Farm is media tycoon Oprah Winfrey. Although news of the farm’s new owner only recently emerged, the sale went through toward the end of 2015 for a reported $29 million. The property, located close to Santa Barbara in the foothills of Southern California’s Santa Ynez Mountains, was put up for sale following the death of the […]
Broker Spotlight: California Outdoor Properties’ Todd Renfrew
Todd Renfrew, broker and owner of California Outdoor Properties, has his dream job—and he’s not interested in changing it.
On the Vineyard: The Challenges of Managing a Famous California Coastal Vineyard
In the heart of the Santa Maria Valley Wine Country and on the northernmost edge of Santa Barbara County, California, lies the famous Bien Nacido Vineyards.
The “New” Value of Ranch Properties
While Webster’s New World Dictionary defines a ranch as “a large farm, especially in the Western U.S., for raising cattle, horses, or sheep,” the fact is that this traditional definition of a ranch only scratches the surface of what transpires on many of today’s larger western properties.
