Livermore Valley AVA
| Livermore Valley AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1982, change of law in 2006 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | California , Central Coast AVA , San Francisco Bay AVA |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 38,850 hectares (96,000 acres) |
| Grape varieties: | Barbera , Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Chardonnay , Chenin Blanc , Cinsault , Colombard , Counoise , Gewürztraminer , Grenache , Malbec , Merlot , Mourvèdre , Muscat Canelli , Petit Verdot , Petite Sirah , Pinot Blanc , Pinot Gris , Pinot Noir , Roussanne , Sangiovese , Sauvignon Blanc , Sémillon , Souzao , Syrah , Tempranillo , Touriga Francesca , Touriga Nacional , Viognier , Zinfandel |
Livermore Valley AVA (recognized since October 1, 1982) is a wine-growing region in the US state of California . The area is located in Alameda County , just outside the city of Livermore .
The name of the city and the wine-growing region is Robert Livermore , a pioneer and large landowner in the region. With the Livermore Basin, the region has one of the five aquifers that supply the population of the San Francisco Bay Area with water and is used to irrigate agricultural areas.
Viticulture
By the early 1960s, Livermore Valley's acreage was similar to that of Napa Valley . While Napa has seen a real boom in viticulture in the past 50 years, the Livermore Valley has only benefited from the growing popularity of California wines in the past 10 years. The largest winery in the region is Wente Vineyards , which annually fills around 3,500,000 bottles of a relatively inexpensive wine that is primarily intended for export. In addition to Wente Vinyards, the Concannon Vineyard also has significant bottling volumes and produces almost 360,000 bottles per year. There are also around 40 smaller wineries (as of early 2008).
The most famous red wines in the region are made from the Petite Sirah grape variety . The warm climate also enables high must weights to be achieved, and appealing sweet wines are produced with the Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc grape varieties (the seedlings come from the well-known French vineyard Château d'Yquem ) . Following an international fashion, the Merlot grape variety is increasingly used to produce better red wines.
Wine from the Livermore Valley may be marketed under the designations of origin Livermore Valley AVA, San Francisco Bay AVA and Central Coast AVA . The latter two represent superordinate areas.
- Livermore Valley Wine Country (in English)
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.46 Livermore Valley." ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 - American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C - Approved American Viticultural Areas. Last access to this page on May 18, 2008.
- ^ Wine Institute (2008). "American Viticultural Areas by State" . Last access to this page on May 18, 2008.
- ^ Appellation America (2007). "Livermore Valley (AVA): Appellation Description" . Last access to this page on May 18, 2008.
- ^ San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board (2004). "San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board Integrated Management Plan (2004)" ( Memento of the original from February 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Last access to this page on May 18, 2008.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .