Livermore Valley AVA

Livermore Valley AVA ( recognized since 1 October 1982) is an American Viticultural Area in the U.S. state of California. The area is located in the administrative area of ​​Alameda County, in the immediate vicinity of the city of Livermore.

Namesake for the city and the vineyards of Robert Livermore, a pioneer and landowner in the region. The Livermore Basin, the region has one of the five aquifers that supply the population of the San Francisco Bay Area with water and used for irrigation of agricultural land.

Viniculture

Up to the early 1960s, the acreage of Livermore Valley were similar in size to the Napa Valley. While Napa in the last 50 years knew a true flying high in the wine, the Livermore Valley was only in the last 10 years to benefit from the growing popularity of Californian wines. The largest winery in the region is Wente Vineyards that each year about 3.5 million bottles of a relatively inexpensive wine fills, which is designed primarily for export. Besides Wente Vinyards still has the winery Concannon Vineyard over appreciable filling volumes and generates almost 360,000 bottles per year. There are also about 40 smaller wineries (as of early 2008 ).

The most famous red wines of the region are generated from the Petite Sirah grape. The warm climate allows the achievement of high must weights and with the grape varieties Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc ( the seedlings are from the famous French winery Château d' Yquem ) appealing sweet wines are produced. Following an international fashion, the Merlot is increasingly used to produce better wines.

Wine from the Livermore Valley can be marketed under the appellations Livermore Valley AVA, San Francisco Bay AVA and Central Coast AVA. The latter two represent higher-level areas

• Livermore Valley Wine Country ( in English)