Word: junipero
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With the solemnity of Supreme Court justices, twelve wine-tasters gathered last week in a private room at the California State Fair in Sacramento to choose the best California wines. They had an anxious audience. Since 1769, when Fra Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan, planted the first wine grapes at the Mission of San Diego, viticulture had grown until it is California's biggest agricultural industry, with an investment of $475 million. Last year, California produced 87% of all the wine drunk...
Calship broke another world's record last week when it launched the Junipero Serra 41 days after keel-laying. The previous record was 46 days by Calship's archrival, Oregon Shipbuilding Corp...