American Vineyards

November 11, 2007 | by Jason Bordley | Regions

vineyard.jpg Its a known fact that wine in America is rapidly growing. In 2006 Americans consumed 256 million cases of wine. Another interesting fact, currently wineries all 50 states that are producing and selling their own commercially released wines. In fact, the last state to start producing wines for commercial purposes was North Dakota in 2002. In 2005, Pennsylvania’s wineries brought in $661 million to the states economy. Portfolio.com has an article about the growth in wineries and vineyards the US. In the article they discuss some of the challenges with the terroirs of the states and different varietals being used to overcome these challenges. They also make mention of several states and what varietals are successful there. [Portfolio]