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Maryland Wine Country
Maryland Wine Country Maryland has been a historic and significant state in the development of American wine. The first wine was made there in 1648, and in 1662 Governor Charles Calvert planted 200 acres of vinifera grapes. The first book on viticulture and winemaking was published in 1823, and just over a century later, in ... Read more
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DC Updates
DC Updates This year, 2026, Congress may set a new, all-time record for ineffectiveness, even surpassing last year when they met on only 79 days all year. A dysfunctional House, and a Senate which often disagrees with policies the House might pass, have led to legislative gridlock. On top of that, as an election year, ... Read more
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Maine Wine Country
Maine Wine Country Known for lobster, a rugged coastline, and massive forests, Maine is also a wine producer, thanks to the cold-hardy Minnesota varieties like LaCrescent, Frontenac, and Marquette Cellardoor Winery uses its five acres to grow Marquestte and Frontenac Gris, and in 2018 produced its first ice wine. The property is on a hillside with ... Read more
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Kentucky Wine Country
Kentucky Wine Country 1798 was the year the first grapes were planted in Kentucky, starting earlier than most of its midwestern neighbors. But, like them, the wine industry that had developed over the next century was wiped out by Prohibition. Today the state has a growing wine industry and acreage in two AVAs, the Indiana ... Read more
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DC Updates
Follow the Money Many people ask what WineAmerica does. Just follow the money: We save wineries money, and get wineries money. Here’s one example of a 10,000 gallon winery, which since 2018 has been saving $11,000 per year—that’s $88,000 in the past 8 years—thanks to WineAmerica’s advocacy over the years. The chart below explains how.
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Kansas Wine Country
Kansas Wine Country Like many states, Kansas was a significant wine producer in the 19th Century along with neighboring Missouri, populated by German immigrants who brought the wine tradition with them. However, it was also the home of Carrie Nation and the early temperance movement, and, in 1881, the first state to pass statewide prohibition. ... Read more
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DC Updates
Back to Business Congress is back in DC, and the House finally passed the Farm Bill, which will now go to the Senate for an uncertain future. The House version, which should have been passed years ago, includes some good provisions for the American wine industry: a doubling of export promotion funding for agricultural products, ... Read more
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Iowa Wine Country
Iowa Wine Country Like many states, Iowa produced grapes and wine far earlier than assumed (1857), even created a Grape Growers Association in 1893, and was the 6th largest producer until Prohibition wiped out the entire American wine industry. The modern wine industry has been propelled by creation of the Iowa Wine Growers Association in 2000 to ... Read more
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Fly-In Messaging WineAmerica is the national wine industry’s messenger for federal public policy priorities. Next week, 25 WineAmerica members from 10 states will attend about 80 meetings in just two days. They’ll brief top staff members of their Senators and Representatives, all emphasizing the same messages: –Discontinue the sale of intoxicating hemp until appropriate regulation ... Read more
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Indiana Wine Country
Indiana Wine Country The Hoosier state had grapes and wine in the 18th century, and was the 10th largest producer by the mid 19th century. The Indiana Small Winery Act of 1971 sparked major growth, so now the state has many small wineries and two of the largest in the United States. The state’s location ... Read more
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