United States Wines

Do You Know about the Wines of the United States?

Most of the wine lovers must be aware that the United States is in the third spot in the list of largest producers of wines in the world.

When we think about the reason for this, we can understand one major point that Americans have developed a great taste for wines when compared to all other nations of the world.

Wines from United States

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Vitis riparia

This is the wine grape species that can be widely found in the Midwestern parts of the United States, and could fascinate all the wine lovers around the globe by its novel and unique taste.

This grape species is considered to be the most commercially viable Native American grape species for being used as the grafted root with Vitis vinifera.

The wines that are made from this species would have higher acidity levels and would come with stronger herbaceous aromas.

Vitis rotundifolia

This wine grape variety can be seen only in the south-eastern parts of the United States. These grape species have found to be effective in curing obesity.

Muscadine, a variety of Vitis rotundifolia, will be bigger in size and have plenty of antioxidants. This variety is found to have a special acid called ellagic acid, which is found to be reducing the formation of fatty liver, an important cause of obesity.

Therefore, what we get from this species is the sweet wine with the health benefits!

Vitis aestivalis

The well-known variety of this species is ‘Norton’, which is a black-coloured grape. This variety has proven its potential to be the consistent red wine grape variety.

Norton, which can be widely seen in the Midwest parts of the United States, is known to produce the wines that are highly acidic with slight tannin and with the following aromas:

• Blackberries
• Chocolate
• Vanilla
• Earth

Vineyards in United States