Jenn: Where is “wine country”?
So due to flight delays this week leaving the bay area, I had the ‘great pleasure’ of spending over 5 hours at Denver airport. So while I meandered around trying to find ways to make time pass, I came across some brochures heard towards visitors of Colorado. To my amazement, there was a whole brochure geared towards wine country in Colorado! I have known for quite some time that most states in the union have some wine growing capabilities, but I never expected Colorado to have enough vineyards to constitute a “Wine Country” map!
My final destination of this trip was Columbus, Ohio. Still making camp in this all American city, I was told yesterday by a fellow wine lover I recently made acquaintance with, that Ohio not only is a wine producing state, but he thought they were the 5th largest in it’s production. Skeptical, I had to verify this information…and the information given to me was inaccurate. Rather, Ohio is the 3rd largest wine producing state after California and New York!! According to epicurious.com, there was a period during the 1800’s when Ohio was the largest wine producer in the nation, but due to vine diseases and prohibition the industry’s growth was greatly impeded. Today, most of Ohio’s vineyards are planted around Lake Erie in the northeast section of the state.
I have not yet experienced wines from these regions, but once I do (because now I feel I must seek these out) I will certainly be sure to pass this information along J
And…as a wine lover that has always dreamed of living on my very own vineyard, perhaps I should further consider a move to the mile high state…perhaps wine country property is a bit less expensive than in Napa!!
