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  2. Mission San Fernando Rey de España - Wikipedia

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    The San Fernando Mission was known for having good quality wines and around the mission walls there were over 32,000 grapevines from which the neophytes produced wine; at the peak of its production, the mission produced about 2,000 gallons of wine and 2,000 gallons of aguardiente. The mission also contained about 70 acres of olive trees which ...

  3. Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando - Wikipedia

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    Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando was a 116,858-acre (472.91 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, granted in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Eulogio F. de Celis. [1] The grant derives its name from the secularized Mission San Fernando Rey de España, but was called ex-Mission because of a division made of the lands ...

  4. History of California wine - Wikipedia

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    The first winery in Alta California was built in San Juan Capistrano in 1783; both red and white wines (sweet and dry), brandy, and a port-like fortified wine called Angelica were all produced from the Mission grape. Father Serra founded eight other California missions. Hence, he has been called the "Father of California Wine".

  5. Agoston Haraszthy - Wikipedia

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    Agoston Haraszthy (/ ˈ ɑː ɡ ə s t ən ˈ h ær ə s t i /; [2] Hungarian: Haraszthy Ágoston, Spanish: Agustín Haraszthy; August 30, 1812 – July 6, 1869) was a Hungarian American nobleman, adventurer, traveler, writer, town-builder, and pioneer winemaker in Wisconsin and California, often referred to as the "Father of California Wine", alongside Junípero Serra, as well as the "Father ...

  6. Convento Building (Mission San Fernando) - Wikipedia

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    The building. The Convento is a large two-story building, measuring approximately 243 feet (74 m) long and 50 feet (15 m) wide. It has four-foot-thick adobe walls and was built in stages between approximately 1808 and 1822. [ 2] The long portico, sometimes referred to as the colonnade, in front of the building has 20 arches and is the most ...

  7. History of the San Fernando Valley - Wikipedia

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    As the 19th century dawned, 541 Indians did the heavy work of the Mission San Fernando, tending the livestock and working the farmlands watered by irrigation from the mission's wells. The mission was famed for its red wine, and also grew pomegranates, figs and olives. By 1826, 56,000 longhorn cattle and 1,500 horses grazed on the mission lands ...

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