North Dakota wine refers to
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...
made from
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years ago, ...
s grown in the
U.S.
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state of
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
. North Dakota was the last state in the United States since
Prohibition
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to license a commercial winery. The first bonded commercial winery in North Dakota,
Pointe of View Winery
The Pointe of View Winery is a winery located in the north-central part of North Dakota, United States half a mile south of Burlington, in the Minot area. Licensed in April 2002, it was the first federally licensed and bonded winery in North Dako ...
, was established on April 17, 2002. Pointe of View Winery has since been joined by a second winery,
Dakota Hills Winery, but both wineries focus on wine made from fruits other than grapes.
Red Trail Vineyard, North Dakota's largest, makes wines exclusively from its grapes.
See also
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American wine
Wine has been produced in the United States since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84 percent of all US wine. The N ...
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List of breweries and wineries in North Dakota
External links
North Dakota Grape and Wine Association
References
Wine regions of the United States by state or territory
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