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Largest Wine Region in US?

Not where you would think….

It’s the Upper Mississippi River Valley, with a whopping 29, 914 square miles that encompasses portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. It is 39 times the Napa Valley’s 759 or so square miles.

Some of the vineyards and wineries:
Tabor Home Vineyards Winery

American Viticulture Areas, or AVA

https://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-14574.pdf

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Victor Caballero writes about Pasadena civic life, community events, music, energy and technology. Publishing since 2007.