Arkansas wine

Viticulture in Arkansas called viticulture in the U.S. state of Arkansas. 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.

Only six wineries cultivate the vineyards of the state, but the three sub-regions, the so-called American Viticultural Area ( AVA short ) has. In almost 50 percent of the counties, the counties, the alcohol prohibition was not repealed.

Arkansas is characterized by a humid temperate subtropical climate that is limited by wet continental climate of the northern highlands. Even if the state does not border directly on the Gulf of Mexico, he is close enough to its climatic sphere of influence. In general, the climate is determined by very hot, humid summers and dry, mild winters. In Little Rock are, for example, the average summer temperatures around 32 ° C and the winter to 10 ° C. The annual rainfall is with local deviations between 1000 and 1500 mm, it is slightly drier than in the north to the south. Snowfall is quite common, but with an average of 13 cm very productive.

Because of the sometimes humid climates there is a significant proportion of French hybrid vines, which have good resistance to fungal diseases (eg, Vidal Blanc, ... ) as well as indigenous descendants of American wild vines.

In addition, Elmer Swenson bred specifically new varieties that withstand the winter temperatures and due to early maturity can build up sufficiently high must weights within the shortened growing season.