When I started studying wine, really studying in 2000, the curriculum included California, Washington, Oregon, and New York. The four states in the U.S. that produced the largest volume of wine. Those four still lead the wine production of the U.S. today, but it is time for my curious mind to check out the others. Even in 2000 the United States had a relatively brief history with serious, fine wine production. Maybe 30-50 years, more and less, of truly producing wines that co

I just returned from an educational exploratory trip to Arizona, an area of the nation that many people don't think of as a traditional fine wine production area. I had actually booked the trip solely to avoid the first snowfall in Minnesota, and not really with much thought to wine production. Luck would present an opportunity though. On November 10th 2021 the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau classified the Verde Valley of Arizona the newest American Viticultural Are

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