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When Kate and Adam Vourvoulis were researching a location for their winery, Vin de California, they happened upon something unexpected: a part of Pasadena that was already zoned for wine making. It turned out that more than 100 years ago, the Lamanda Park neighborhood was part of a large agricultural project called Sunny Slope Ranch. In the beginning, much of the 1,300-acre ranch produced grain, but eventually 90 acres of the property were dedicated to vines and the rest to citrus groves. At the same time, all around Southern California, thousands of acres of wine grapes were being cultivated, and wineries began to sprout. Long before Sonoma and Napa, Los Angeles was the epicenter of California winemaking. Eventually though, Prohibition put a stop to the legal sale and production of alcohol, and with it went the SoCal’s wine boom. ....