Southeastern New England AVA
| Southeastern New England AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1984 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Connecticut , Massachusetts , Rhode Island |
| Sub-regions: | Martha's Vineyard AVA |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 757,580 hectares (1,875,200 acre) |
| Grape varieties: | Baco Noir , Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Cayuga White , Chancellor , Chardonnay , Diamond , Gewürztraminer , Lemberger , Maréchal Foch , Merlot , Pinot Gris , Pinot Noir , Riesling , Sauvignon Blanc , Seyval Blanc , Vidal Blanc , Vignoles |
Southeastern New England AVA is a wine-growing region in the US states of Connecticut , Massachusetts and Rhode Island recognized since March 28, 1984 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives .
location
The American Viticultural Area Southeastern New England is divided into the 13 administrative areas of New Haven , New London and Middlesex in Connecticut; Bristol , Newport , Providence and Washington in Rhode Island; and Barnstable , Bristol , Dukes , Nantucket , Norfolk and Plymouth in Massachusetts.
The area stretches from the southern part of the city of Boston in the east to New London in the west and includes, in addition to a nearly 24 km wide coastal strip along Long Island Sound , on the Cape Cod peninsula and along Massachusetts Bay, also all the coastal islands in this area. Although the climate is moderate due to the proximity to the coast , the winemakers still choose the very hardy French hybrid grapes such as Seyval Blanc , Vidal Blanc and Maréchal Foch . As part of a quality improvement, however, more and more noble vines of the Vitis vinifera family such as B. the Riesling entrance in the grape variety mirror.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.72 Southeastern New England." ( 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 page view on October 25, 2008.
- ^ Wine Institute, The (2008). "American Viticultural Areas by State" . Last page view on October 25, 2008.
- ↑ a b Appellation America (2007). "Southeastern New England (AVA): Appellation Description" . Last page view on October 25, 2008.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .
- Bruce Cass and Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Companion to the Wine of North America . 1st edition. Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-860114-X .