Viticulture in Iowa

Iowa
Official name:	State of Iowa
Appellation type:	State
Year of establishment:	1846
Country:	United States
Recognized cultivation area:	145,744 km² (56,272 sq mi )
Grape varieties:	Blue Bell , Cabernet Franc , Catawba , Cayuga , Chambourcin , Chancellor , Chardonel , Concord , DeChaunac , Edelweiss , Espirit , Frontenac , Geisenheim, Gewurztraminer , Ives Noir , La Crescent , La Crosse , Léon Millot , Marechal Foch , Muscat Canelli , Niagara , Norton , Rosette , Rougeon , Seyval Blanc , St. Croix , St. Pepin , St. Vincent , Steuben , Swenson Red , Traminette , Valiant , Vidal Blanc , Vignoles
Number of wineries:	80

Viticulture in Iowa refers to viticulture in the American state of Iowa . 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 .

Due to early settlement and a viticulture history since 1846, Iowa was still one of the most important growing regions in the United States in the mid-19th century. As almost everywhere, viticulture came to a standstill as a result of alcohol prohibition . There is currently not a single defined American Viticultural Area (AVA for short), although viticulture has been gaining momentum since the 1990s.

In addition to a very cool climate, which has so far only appealed to French hybrid vines , many new plantings suffer from the earlier excessive use of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid , which also destroys vines.

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. ^ Appellation America (2008). "Iowa: Appellation Description" . Last visit: December 30, 2008