50 Wines from 50 States

Did you know that wine is made in all 50 United States?

It is true. Grapes don’t always grow well in every state, but wine can also be made using other local fruits. That being said, there are ambitious people who have planted vineyards in most states and attempting to make grape wine despite what experts say. In some cases, people are importing in grapes from other states and producing wine from these imported grapes. Starting in 2019, my mission is to try at least one bottle of wine from all 50 United States.

I’m using a few rules for this:

Wines must be from a winery I’ve never tried before.
They can’t be mass produced and/or easily locatable wine from your nearest chain supermarket. The exception to is if the local market happens to stock local wineries. Good for them if they are supporting their local wineries.
The wines must be local to each state and also from a boutique or smaller winery. In some cases, this may not be possible, but we will see.
The fruit in the wine must be grown in that specific state. If for some reason a state does not produce wine from its own fruit, I will have to accept this though.

I will not be visiting each winery (or state) directly. Most of these will be recommended to me or discovered by using the powers of the Internet. It will be easier to purchase wine from well-known winemaking states like Oregon and Washington (and my home California), but I know I am in for a challenge with certain states like Mississippi listed here for having only two wineries! I have yet to look for those two, but it’s going to be tough. Not sure how old that winery count page is, but we will find out.

Since shipping wine isn’t cheap, I will be buying more than one bottle to make the shipping price worth it. I may put one of these secondary bottles as an alternative wine for that state. That way if I wish to try more than one bottle from that state, I already have it listed.

This is going to be quite educational for me! I’ve only ever had wine from maybe 6-8 states. It also gives me a chance to brush up on my geography as well as learn what’s currently going on in the world of domestic wine production.

Total States Purchased and Received: 36
Total States Reviewed: 36

Do you own a winery in a state I haven’t reviewed (or purchased) yet? Contact me to setup a purchase.

Alabama

Not purchased yet

Alaska (reviewed)

Black Currant Wine
Bear Creek Winery

Alternate Wine:
Strawberry Rhubarb Wine
Bear Creek Winery

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50 Wines from 50 States

Did you know that wine is made in all 50 United States?

Alabama

Alaska (reviewed)

Arizona

Arkansas (reviewed)

California (reviewed)

Colorado (reviewed)

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida (reviewed)

Georgia (reviewed)

Hawaii (reviewed)

Idaho (reviewed)

Illinois (reviewed)

Indiana (reviewed)

Iowa (reviewed)

Kansas

Kentucky (reviewed)

Louisiana (reviewed)

Maine (reviewed)

Maryland

Massachusetts (reviewed)

Michigan

Minnesota (reviewed)

Mississippi

Missouri (reviewed)

Montana (reviewed)

Nebraska

Nevada (reviewed)

New Hampshire

New Jersey (reviewed)

New Mexico (reviewed)

New York (reviewed)

North Carolina (reviewed)

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon (reviewed)

Pennsylvania (reviewed)

Rhode Island (reviewed)

South Carolina (reviewed)

South Dakota (reviewed)

Tennessee (reviewed)

Texas (reviewed)

Utah (reviewed)

Vermont (reviewed)

Virginia (reviewed)

Washington (reviewed)

West Virginia

Wisconsin (reviewed)

Wyoming

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