Lake Erie AVA
| Lake Erie AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1983 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Ohio , New York , Pennsylvania |
| Sub-regions: | Grand River Valley AVA |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 905,200 hectares (2,236,800 acres ) |
| Planted acreage: | 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) |
| Grape varieties: | Aurore , Auxerrois , Baco Noir , Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Catawba , Cayuga White , Chambourcin , Chancellor , Chardonnay , Concord , DeChaunac , Delaware , Diamond , Edelweiss , Fredonia , Gewürztraminer , Ives Noir , Lemberger , Léon Millot , Marélotchal Foch , Merlot , Niagara , Pinot Gris , Pinot Noir , Riesling , Seyval Blanc , Steuben , Touriga Nacional , Traminette , Vidal Blanc , Vignoles |
Lake Erie AVA (recognized November 21, 1983 ) is a wine-growing region in the states of New York , Ohio and Pennsylvania .
Viticulture has been practiced on the south coast of Lake Erie since the early 19th century . The grape variety has always been dominated by the inferior Concord . During Prohibition , some winemakers could only survive by selling berries for household use or by illegally smuggling wine into Canada .
After Prohibition, viticulture found it very difficult to take off.
The overall cool wine-growing climate affects the choice of grape varieties . In addition to very hardy and early-ripening French hybrid vines or local new varieties , the choice is increasingly being made for early-ripening European noble grapes to improve the quality of the wines.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.83 Lake Erie." ( Memento of the original from February 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 - American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C - Approved American Viticultural Areas. Last access to this page on May 20, 2008.
- ^ Wine Institute, The (2008). "American Viticultural Areas by State" . Last access to this page on May 20, 2008.
- ↑ a b c Appellation America (2007). "Lake Erie (AVA): Appellation Description" . Last access to this page on May 20, 2008.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .
- Bruce Cass and Jancis Robinson , ed .: The Oxford Companion to the Wine of North America , Oxford University Press, New York 2000.