Gallo Expands Vineyard Holdings in Santa Barbara E&J Gallo announced the purchase a large vineyard in Santa Barbara County, its second vineyard purchase in that county in less than a week. The Modesto-based wine company, which owns more than 4,300 acres along the Central Coast, purchased the 542-acre Sierra Madre property from agricultural investor Doug Circle. The property, 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean, includes 151 planted acres of vineyards. Sierra Madre currently supplies fruit to ab...