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The Ben Lomond Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Santa Cruz County California located on the western edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Vineyards were first planted on the mountain in the 1860s but viticulture there has been difficult. The appellation reaches altitudes as high as 2600 feet (792 m) above sea level placing it above much of the fog that rolls in from the Pacific Ocean ensuring long hours of sunlight.