Delaware wine

Delaware
Wine region

Official name	State of Delaware
Type	U.S. State Appellation^[1]
Year established	1787^[2]
Country	United States
Total area	1,949 square miles (5,050 km²)^[3]
Grapes produced	Cabernet Sauvignon, Chambourcin, Chardonnay, Delaware, Merlot, Seyval blanc, Vidal blanc^[4]
No. of wineries	2^[1]

Delaware wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Delaware. Historically, the first Swedish settlers planted grapes and made wine in Delaware as early as 1638.^[2]^[5]

Delaware has the fewest wineries of any state in the United States.^[6] The largest winery is Nassau Valley Vineyards near Lewes, which makes fruit wines in addition to grape wines. Three others are Salted Vines Vineyard & Winery in Frankford, which opened in 2010, Pizzadili Winery near Felton, a small, family business which opened in 2007^[7] and Harvest Ridge Winery near Marydel, which opened in 2013.^[8]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Delaware: Appellation Profile". Appellation America. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Delaware Wine". Wine Searcher. October 2, 2018.
^ "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". census.gov. 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
^ "Our Wines". Nassau Valley Vineyards. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
^ Stevenson, Tom (October 1, 2006). De meest complete wijnencyclopedie [The most complete wine encyclopedia] (in Dutch). Lannoo. p. 519. ISBN 978-9077445112.
^ Zraly, Kevin (October 1, 2005). Kevin Zraly's American Wine Guide. Sterling. ISBN 978-1402725852.
^ "Pizzadili Winery: A Father's Dream Realized". Delaware Living. Delaware Electric Cooperative. 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
^ "Harvest Ridge Winery Is a Family Affair". Delaware Electric Cooperative. April 22, 2021.

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