U.S.A WINES

REGIONS

• California-4391 wineries
• Washington state-772 wineries
• Oregon-774 wineries
• New York State-395 wineries
• Virginia-276 wineries
• Texas-319 wineries
• Pennsylvania-261 wineries
• Ohio-208 wineries
• Michigan-189 wineries
• Missouri-149 wineries

GRAPES

• Vitis labrusca- nationwide
• Vitis riparia- mid west United states
• Vitis rotundifolia- south eastern United States
• Vitis aestivalis- Virginia, Missouri
• Vitis rupestris-mid eastern/eastern United states
• Vitis mustangensis-Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas

BRANDS

• Château Montelena, 1973
• Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, 1973

BRAND EQUIVALENTS

• Meursault Charmes Roulot
• Château Mouton-Rotschild

CHARACTERISTICS

• Vitis labrusca The taste of a fresh Concord grape is the epitome of the “grape flavor” .purple-colored Concord has been long disdained in wine.smelling “foxy” and, for some reason, this impossible-to-imagine-flavor-description stuck. Concord wines are perhaps best as a sweet wine with a deep red color, high acidity and aromas like strawberry, fruit-punch, violets and musk.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Vitis riparia Delivering all wine from eminent doom A species that grows happily in midwestern United States and is responsible for saving the entire world of wine from ruin. They were completely fascinated by all the new and unique edible (and drinkable) species that the US had to offer the world.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Vitis rotundifolia A cure to obesity? Muscadine grapes are gigantic, globe-shaped grapes that are incredibly high in anti-oxidants as well as a special acid (called ellagic acid) that has recently been shown to reduce the formation of fatty liver (a major cause of obesity). Variety of V. rontundifolia Muscadine (Scuppernong)

CHARACTERISTICS

• Vitis aestivalis Fine wine potential for America’s native grapes The most well-known variety of V. aestivalis is a black-colored grape called Norton which was first cultivated in Richmond, Virginia. The parent grape of Norton is now extinct. Norton has shown consistent potential as a red wine.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Vitis rupestris The origin species of many popular French hybrids Vitis rupestris (aka “the sand grape”) grows quite well in sand and has high disease resistance. Because of this, many French botanists worked with the variety (in the 1800’s) to create hybrid species with their local wine.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Vitis mustangensis Indigenous Texas grapes Mustang grapes-Mustangs are not easy grapes to eat: they’re full of seeds, bitter with tannin, and very sharp with acidity. However, these traits suggest that they could produce a bold, potentially age-worthy wine. Mustang

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