South Dakota wine

Viticulture in South Dakota called viticulture in the American state of South Dakota. According to U.S. law, each state and each county is a protected designation of origin by definition and does not need to be recognized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as such.

In South Dakota has a continental climate with average temperatures of up to -10 ° C in winter and up to 28 ° C in summer. The only native vine plant that grows well even under these conditions, is the Uferrebe ( vitis riparia ). The few wineries of the state put a frost- hard and precocious French hybrid vines, which were supplemented in recent years by American Rebzüchtungen. Prairie Berry Winery The winery building now with success white wines Chardonnay grapes. The southern part of the state lends itself to the cultivation of vines to better.