Viticulture in Maine

Maine
Official name:	State of Maine
Appellation type:	State
Year of establishment:	1820
Country:	United States
Recognized cultivation area:	86,542 km² (33,414 sq mi )
Grape varieties:	Cayuga , Concord , DeChaunac , Léon Millot , Maréchal Foch , Niagara , Seyval Blanc
Number of wineries:	17th

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

Maine has a continental climate with average temperatures of down to −25 ° C in winter and up to 25 ° C in summer. Despite the moderating effect of the Atlantic Ocean on the cold climate of Maine, viticulture is only possible in selected favorable locations. The few vintners rely on frost-hardy and very early ripening grape varieties from the hybrid vine family .

In addition to small quantities of the classic wine , fruit wines are made from apples , cranberries or blueberries .

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 . Last access to this page on January 19, 2010 (subject to a fee)