Viticulture in Wisconsin

Wisconsin
Official name:	State of Wisconsin
Appellation type:	State
Year of establishment:	1848
Country:	United States
Sub-regions:	Lake Wisconsin AVA
Recognized cultivation area:	169,640 km² (65,498 sqmi)
Grape varieties:	Baco Noir , Chardonnay , Concord , Frontenac , La Crosse , Léon Millot , Maréchal Foch , Seyval Blanc , St. Croix , St. Pepin
Number of wineries:	12

Viticulture in Wisconsin describes viticulture in the American state of Wisconsin . 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 .

12 wineries cultivate the vineyards, which also have a sub-region, a so-called American Viticultural Area .

Agoston Haraszthy planted the first vines in the middle of the 19th century, before he moved to California and gave the local viticulture decisive impetus. Due to the very cool climate in Wisconsin, there is a significant proportion of French hybrid vines (e.g. Chambourcin, Chancellor, ...) and autochthonous descendants of American wild vines.

In addition , Elmer Swenson specifically bred new grape varieties that defy the low winter temperatures and, due to early ripeness , can build up sufficiently high must weights within the short growing season .

See also

• Viticulture in the United States

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Appellation America (2007). "Wisconsin: Appellation Description" . Last access to this page on January 21, 2008.

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 .