Editing Livermore, California (section)

=== Wine ===
{{Main|Livermore Valley AVA}}
[[File:Southeast Livermore vineyard neighborhood.jpg|alt=Livermore neighborhood|thumb|Southeast Livermore neighborhood surrounded by vineyards]]
One of California's oldest wine regions, the Livermore Valley [[American Viticultural Area]] (AVA) played a pivotal role in shaping California's wine industry. In the 1840s, California pioneers looking for outstanding vineyard sites began planting grapes in the region. Robert Livermore planted the first commercial vines in the 1840s. After California joined the union as the 31st state in 1850, pioneer winemakers C. H. Wente, a first-generation immigrant from Germany<ref>Wente family [http://www.wentevineyards.com/winery/winery_history/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325104918/http://wentevineyards.com/winery/winery_history/|date=March 25, 2013}} accessed March 25, 2013</ref> (founder of [[Wente Vineyards]]), James Concannon, a first generation Irishman<ref>Concannon family [http://www.concannonvineyard.com/legacy/legacy-concannon-family] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125000007/http://www.concannonvineyard.com/legacy/legacy-concannon-family|date=November 25, 2012}} accessed March 25, 2013</ref> (founder of [[Concannon Vineyard]]), and Charles Wetmore, a Portland, Maine-born pioneer of California<ref>Charles Wetmore [http://wineblog.bryersantis.com/2011/09/10/charles-wetmore-father-of-the-california-wine-industry/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802002707/http://wineblog.bryersantis.com/2011/09/10/charles-wetmore-father-of-the-california-wine-industry/|date=August 2, 2014}} accessed March 25, 2013</ref> (founder of [[Cresta Blanca Winery]]), recognized the area's winegrowing potential and bought land, planted grapes and founded their wineries in the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association {{!}} History & Terroir |url=https://www.lvwine.org/history.php |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association |language=en}}</ref>

Charles Wetmore went to France in 1878 when he was appointed a delegate for the California Viticultural Association to the Paris Exposition. Wetmore was able in 1882 to obtain Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscat de Bordelais cuttings from one of the most prestigious vineyards in France, Chateau Yquem. These superior clones helped revitalize the California wine industry. In 1889 Wetmore won the grand prize for his first pressing (1884) in the 1889 Paris Exposition. Wetmore shared these cuttings with other growers, including C. H. Wente, who used the Chateau Yquem grape cuttings to eventually produce their Chateau Wente wine.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}