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 Monday, October 28, 2002
World Wine Education: North America
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Fun Facts
1. Leif Ericsson founded the first colony in North America and named it Vinland(Wine Land).
2. Native Americans offered fermented grape juice as offerings to their Gods.
3. The vine eating phylloxera is native to North America.
4. A combination of Prohibition and the Depression killed interest in fine wine for two generations.
5. Vines native to North America do not make good wine. They do however make excellent grape juice.
6. Canadian grape growers were able to negotiate an exemption from Canadian Prohibition and were in a much better position when U.S. Prohibition ended to take advantage of the U.S. markets.
7. American Vticultural Areas were established in 1983 and modeled after the French Appellation System.
8. American wines are most commonly labeled according to their grape varietal. In most states the wine must contain at least 75% of the named grape.
North America in Brief North America Features
North America is experiencing a Golden Age of wine making. Vineyards are popping up everywhere and good wine is being made in some very surprising places; Champagne in Albuquerque, New Mexico and fine wine in Long Island, New York. Science and good root stocks are just a couple of the reasons this is possible. Meanwhile in more established California, new wineries areng on a daily basis and others are being bought and sold at almost internet speed. Americans are expanding into other countries while foreigners are buying and teaming up with American wineries. The result is some excellent wine but not always at bargain basement prices. North America offers a wide rage of cultures and climates. The most prevelant country is of course the US with the largest country bieng Canada.
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