Flag Hill Distillery & Winery is located in
Lee
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,
New Hampshire
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,
United States
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. It is the largest
vineyard
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in the state. Flag Hill was the first legal
distillery
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in New Hampshire after
Prohibition
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.
History
The land where Flag Hill is located has been farmed since the 18th century, and was formerly a
dairy farm
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. Frank Reinhold Sr. bought in the area in 1950, and in 1985 his son Frank Reinhold Jr. took over the property with the hope of growing grapes, which he began planting in 1990.
The first harvest took place in 1994 and was released in 1996,
[Cattell, Hudson. ''Wine East''. appellationamerica.com (Jan-Feb 2004)]
The Wineries of New Hampshire
/ref>[Carlo DeVito, ''East Coast wineries: a complete guide from Maine to Virginia'' p.45-46 (2003) ()] with the production of 500 cases of wine.Jewell Towne Vineyards
Jewell Towne Vineyards is a winery in the state of New Hampshire. The property is located on the hills overlooking the Powwow River a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The property is the oldest currently producing winery in New Hampshire,Cattell ...
.De Chaunac
De Chaunac is a French-American hybrid wine grape variety used to make red wines. It was developed by Albert Seibel c. 1860. It is also known as Seibel 9549 and is a cross of Seibel 5163 and possibly Seibel 793. The grape was named after Adhemar ...
, Marechal Foch
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and Vignoles, as well as American hybrids such as Cayuga White
Cayuga White is a mid-season ripening wine grape developed from crosses of the ''Vitis labrusca'' hybrids Schuyler and Seyval Blanc at Cornell University's New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York. It is a hardy vine with ...
and La Crescent. These varietals are more resistant to New England's cold winters than most other varietals.
See also
* New Hampshire wine
References
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External links
Flag Hill Winery
Wineries in New Hampshire