Lancaster Valley AVA
| Lancaster Valley AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1984 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Pennsylvania |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 91,054 hectares (225,000 acres) |
| Planted acreage: | 162 hectares (400 acre) |
| Grape varieties: | Cabernet Franc , Catawba , Cayuga White , Chambourcin , Chancellor , DeChaunac , Merlot , Niagara , Seyval Blanc , Vidal Blanc , Vignoles |
| Number of wineries: | 10 |
Lancaster Valley AVA (recognized June 11, 1984) is a wine-growing region in the US state of Pennsylvania . The area extends to the administrative areas of Lancaster County and Chester County in the southeast of the state and is concentrated in an area around Lancaster . The definition of the designation of origin describes an area with a length of 48 km and a maximum width of 19 km. The Lancaster Valley is one of the most fertile areas of Pennsylvania and is therefore extremely rural.
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 9.41 Lancaster Valley." ( 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 26, 2008.
- ^ Wine Institute, The (2008). "American Viticultural Areas by State" . Last access to this page on May 26, 2008.
- ↑ a b c d Appellation America (2007). "Lancaster Valley (AVA): Appellation Description" . Last access to this page on May 26, 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 , New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.