Wine region | |
Official name | State of Arkansas |
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Type | U.S. state |
Year established | 1836 |
Country | United States |
Sub-regions | Altus AVA, Arkansas Mountain AVA, Ozark Mountain AVA[1] |
Climate region | Humid subtropical/continental in highlands |
Total area | 53,179 square miles (137,733 km2) |
Grapes produced | Cabernet Sauvignon, Catawba, Chardonnay, Concord, Edelweiss, Merlot, Müller-Thurgau, Muscadine, Niagara, Norton, Scheurebe, Seyval blanc, Verdelet, Vidal blanc, Vignoles[1] |
No. of wineries | 6[1] |
Arkansas wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Many of these wines are grown from traditional European wine grapes of the Vitis vinifera group such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot noir, and Riesling but Arkansas also makes wine from its native grapes, the Cynthiana and Muscadine.