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Throughout the years, Ohio has been one of the important Midwestern wine-producing states. There was a period during the mid-1800s when Ohio was the largest wine producer in the nation, but vineyard DISEASES impeded industry growth; then, PROHIBITION killed it. Attempts at rejuvenating Ohio’s wine industry didn’t really take hold until the late 1960s. Today the state has six AVAs, and the number of wineries is over sixty-five and growing. The LAKE ERIE AVA includes growing areas near the shores of Lake Erie in Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania and includes two Ohio subzones—ISLE ST. GEORGE and Grand River Valley. The OHIO RIVER VALLEY AVA is the largest VITICULTURAL AREA in the United States, comprising a total of 16,640,000 acres in portions of INDIANA, KENTUCKY, WEST VIRGINIA, and Ohio. It also contains a small subzone, the Kanawha River Valley AVA. The sixth AVA is Loramie Creek, a small 3,600-acre area in west central Ohio’s Shelby County, surrounded by Loramie and Tuttle Creeks and State Route 47. It currently has no operating winery. Almost 45 percent of the state’s wineries are located around Lake Erie in the northeastern section of Ohio. The vineyards are planted primarily with native vines like CATAWBA, CONCORD, and NIAGARA. HYBRIDS like SEYVAL BLANC and VIDAL BLANC are also very popular. VITIS VINIFERA vines (including CABERNET SAUVIGNON, CABERNET FRANC, CHARDONNAY, GEWÜRZTRAMINER, MERLOT, PINOT GRIS, PINOT NOIR, and RIESLING) are growing in popularity but still make up less than 10 percent of the total vineyards.

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