Wisconsin wine

Infobox Wine Region
name = Wisconsin

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official name = State of Wisconsin
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type = U.S. state
year = 1848
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country = USA
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sub regions = Lake Wisconsin AVA
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total size = convert|65498|sqmi|km2|0
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grapes = Baco Noir, Chardonnay, Concord, Frontenac, Leon Millot, Marechal Foch, Seyval Blanc, St. CroixAppellation America (2007). [http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Wisconsin.html "Wisconsin: Appellation Description"] . Retrieved Nov. 23, 2007.]
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wineries = 12
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Wisconsin wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The first wine grapes were planted in Wisconsin by Agoston Haraszthy in the mid-nineteenth century, before he emigrated to California and helped to found wine industry there. As have others since, Haraszthy found the climate of Wisconsin very difficult for wine grape production. Only about a dozen wineries have commercial operations in the state, with most making wines from other fruits in addition to grapes. Some Wisconsin wineries rely upon vineyards in other states for all or part of their grape sources. Wisconsin has one designated American Viticultural Area, the Lake Wisconsin AVA.

According to lobbying group WineAmerica, 41 wineries operated in in Wisconsin in 2007. ["Midwestern wine: Move over, California", The Economist, August 23, 2008 [http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11977032] , accessed September 7, 2008]

ee also

*American wine

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