Viticulture in Delaware

Delaware
Official name:	State of Delaware
Appellation type:	State
Year of establishment:	1787
Country:	United States
Recognized cultivation area:	6,449 km² (2,490 sq mi )
Grape varieties:	Cabernet Sauvignon , Chambourcin , Chardonnay , Delaware , Merlot , Seyval Blanc , Vidal Blanc
Number of wineries:	2

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

Due to the almost warm, humid tropical climate, viticulture is only just beginning: only two wineries are registered that produce fruit wines as well as wine from vines .

Viticulture goes back to Swedish settlers in 1638 .

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. ^ The Nassau Valley Winery (2009). "Our Wines" ( Memento of November 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). Last access to this page January 6, 2009
2. ↑ T. Stevenson, De meest complete wijnencyclopedie (Dutch) p. 519 (2006)