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===Wine=== {{see also|History of California wine}} The first vineyards planted in California were planted at the mission in 1769.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dailey |first=Keli |date=August 29, 2012 |title=Winery guide: San Diego County, uncorked |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/dining-and-drinking/sdut-winery-guide-san-diego-county-uncorked-2012aug29-htmlstory.html |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=September 19, 2017 |quote=Never mind that the original Golden State vines broke ground at Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1769 and became Father Junipero Serra's Communion wine. }}<br />{{cite book|author1=Richard Vine|author2=Bruce Bordelon|author3=Ellen M. Harkness|author4=Theresa Browning|title=Winemaking: From Grape Growing to Marketplace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tv_lBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10|date=June 29, 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4757-2656-5|page=10}}<br />{{cite magazine |last=Wycoff |first=Ann |date=September 23, 2016 |title=The Ultimate San Diego Wine Guide |url=http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/October-2016/The-Ultimate-San-Diego-Wine-Guide/ |magazine=San Diego Magazine |access-date=September 21, 2017 }}</ref> Father Junípero Serra planted these initial vines.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean L. Jacobson|title=Introduction to Wine Laboratory Practices and Procedures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAA8eGk6BS0C&pg=PA85|date=June 14, 2006|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-25120-2|pages=85}}<br />{{cite book|author=Ian S Hornsey|title=The Chemistry and Biology of Winemaking|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2msoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT55|date=October 9, 2015|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|isbn=978-1-78262-631-2|page=55}}<br />{{cite web |url=http://www.winepros.org/wine101/grape_profiles/mission.htm |title=Mission |last=LaMar |first=Jim |date=August 25, 2002 |website=Professional Friends of Wine |access-date=September 21, 2017 |quote=More than a century later, Franciscan friar Junipero Serra first planted the Mission variety in California, at Mission San Diego, in 1769. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606082016/http://www.winepros.org/wine101/grape_profiles/mission.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The vines were of the [[Mission (grape)|Mission]] variety, which were brought to Mexico in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calwineries.com/explore/varietals/mission |title=Mission |publisher=Calwineries Inc. |access-date=September 19, 2017 |quote=Spanish Missionaries first brought the grape to Mexico during the 16th century. The vines that Father Juniper Serra planted at Mission San Diego in 1769 probably descended from these original grapes. }}</ref> Unfortunately, the initial plantings did not survive, with [[Mission San Juan Capistrano]] having the first surviving plantings.<ref name="Sullivan1998">{{cite book|author=Charles L. Sullivan|title=A Companion to California Wine: An Encyclopedia of Wine and Winemaking from the Mission Period to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhJJElLJn5cC&pg=PA218|date=October 1, 1998|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-92087-3|page=218}}</ref> By at least 1781, wine was being produced at the mission.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Dwight Furrow|author2=Lynn Furrow|title=San Diego, Wine Country: A Tasting Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aalcDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT91|date=November 22, 2014|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=978-1-4835-4599-8|page=91}}</ref> One source claims that the vineyard on mission lands reached up to fifty thousand acres.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://factcards.califa.org/mli/winery.html |title=The Winery |website=Social Studies Fact Cards |publisher=Toucan Valley Publications, Inc. |access-date=September 19, 2017 |quote=Several missions became known for their wine. Mission San Diego had 50,000 acres of land planted in grapevines. }}</ref> The mission vineyards were around until at least 1823.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lynne Newell Christenson|author2=Ellen L. Sweet|title=Ranchos of San Diego County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2CkmDC02FIC&pg=PA9|year=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-5965-0|page=9}}</ref>
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