Montana wine

Viticulture in Montana called viticulture in the American state of Montana. 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.

Montana has a semi- continental climate. So the winter with temperatures well below zero degrees Celsius are characterized more polar. Summers are against it - especially in the south of the state - hot. Throughout the winter from September to May there may be cold waves and blizzards.

Due to the adverse conditions and the short growing season there is a significant proportion of French hybrid vines and native American descendants of wild vines. In addition, process some goods grapes from Washington, Oregon and California.

The Rebzüchter Elmer Swenson worked long on the breeding of new, hardy vines. On the Grapevine Breeding Institute of the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, where Bluebell and later became a part of Swenson's already created varieties, increased efforts for growing extremely winter hardy grape varieties are undertaken since the 1980s. Lately, the varieties Frontenac, Frontenac Gris, La Crescent and Marquette were brought to market.