Georgia wine refers to
wine made from
grapes grown in the
U.S. state of
Georgia. Georgia was an important winegrowing region of the United States in the 19th century, and by 1900 ranked sixth in production among U.S. states.
The state of Georgia first prohibited alcoholic beverages before many other states, in 1907 and subsequently the Georgian wine industry was decimated by
Prohibition in the United States
In the United States from 1920 to 1933, a Constitution of the United States, nationwide constitutional law prohibition, prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The alcohol industry was curtai ...
. The modern wine industry of Georgia only began in the 1980s. Georgia is the national leader in the production of wine from the
Muscadine grape.
In 2014 the
Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA
The Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA is an American Viticultural Area that includes land in three counties of northern Georgia and two counties of western North Carolina. It is located near the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains and includes p ...
, which also extends into North Carolina, was designated to include parts of three extreme northern counties.
References
External links
">Wine Producers Association
Georgia (U.S. state) wine,
Wine regions of the United States by state or territory
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