Viticulture in Alabama

Alabama
Official name:	State of Alabama
Appellation type:	State
Year of establishment:	1819
Country:	United States
Recognized cultivation area:	135,765 km² (52,419 sq mi )
Grape varieties:	Cabernet Sauvignon , Chambourcin , Chardonel , Chardonnay , Colombard , Muscadine , Norton , Vidal Blanc
Number of wineries:	6th

Viticulture in Alabama refers to viticulture in the American state of Alabama . Under US law, every state and county is by definition a protected designation of origin and does not need to be recognized as such by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives .

Viticulture in Alabama has experienced a significant boom since 2002. This year, the previous restrictions on wineries were relaxed by means of an agricultural reform . The winegrowers concentrate on the cultivation of French hybrid vines and American vines from the Vitis rotundifolia family ( called Muscadine ). Grape varieties from the Vitis vinifera family (the so-called European noble grapes ) are often attacked by Pierce's disease . So far, there is no more precisely defined designation of origin in Alabama in the form of an American Viticultural Area .

See also

• Viticulture in the United States

literature

• André Dominé (Ed.): Wine . Tandem Verlag, Königswinter 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .
• Bruce Cass, Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Companion to the Wine of North America . Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2000, ISBN 0-19-860114-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Appellation America (2007). "Alabama: Appellation Description" ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2008 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. . Last page view on October 20, 2008.