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The winery is registered as California Historical Landmark #586. [ 1 ] Cresta Blanca Winery was a sponsor for the television show " Amos and Andy " in the early 1950s, featuring a black and white commercial [ 3 ] (color television was in its infancy at the time) that references "historic Cresta Blanca Winery" location "from the cool white ...
In 1834, Robert Livermore, an English sailor who deserted ship in 1822, settled in Alta California, became a local businessman and later married a Spanish heiress of the Bernal family. [7] He was a grantee of the Rancho Las Positas in partnership with José Noriega. While Noriega raised horses, Livermore built a large house, planted olives ...
Wente Vineyards is a winery in Livermore, California, that is "the oldest continuously operating, family-owned winery in the United States." The Wente Estate is registered as a California Historical Landmark #957.
Concannon Vineyard is the second-largest winery in the Livermore Valley of California, producing around 30,000 cases annually. It is well known for its Petite Sirah and Concannon was the first winery to bottle this grape as a varietal wine in 1961. Prior to 1961, the petite sirah grape was produced worldwide as a blend wine.
Wineries in the Livermore Valley — in eastern Alameda County of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Location of the Livermore Valley AVA.
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Livermore's wine industry grew after the 1880s, [29] and it became notable for wineries like Wente Vineyards, Concannon Vineyards, and Cresta Blanca Winery. [15] Since it has a Mediterranean climate, gravelly soil, warm days and cool nights, it was a good location to grow wine grapes.
The three valleys are Amador Valley, Livermore Valley, and San Ramon Valley. The Tri-Valley encompasses the cities of Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton and San Ramon, the town of Danville, and the CDPs of Alamo, Blackhawk, Camino Tassajara, Diablo, and Norris Canyon. The area is known for its Mediterranean climate, wineries, and nature.