PENNSYLVANIA WINES FACT SHEET PennsylvaniaWELCOME TO
Pennsylvania boasts a legacy of winemaking With more than 300 wineries covering all that Winehas grown into a dynamic wine industry regionsLand of the state, residents and visitors fueled by the desire to drink locally, grow to Pennsylvania are always within an hour’s sustainably, and innovate in the footsteps of drive of at least one winery. William Penn. Today, Pennsylvania wineries are the home to Pennsylvania winemakers continue a centuries- multi-generational winemakers, international old tradition that began in 1683 when William winemakers, emerging winemakers under Penn planted the first vineyard in Philadelphia the age of 30, and winemakers who have in what is now Fairmount Park. embraced wine production as a second career.
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PRESS CONTACTS: SWELL, LLC (agency) [email protected] and Jennifer Eckinger [email protected] There are five Pennsylvania has more than Numerous wine trails make it designated 14,000 acres of some of the easy to explore Pennsylvania’s American most fertile grape-growing land diverse wineries, surrounding Viticultural Areas on the East Coast. local arts communities, and cultural and culinary destinations. in Pennsylvania EXPLORE THESE THREE
Pennsylvania produces Lehigh Valley AVA more than 2 million gallons Pennsylvania’s climate – hot Recognized for its unique of wine annually. summers and cold winters – is microclimates and fertile more like Europe than California land, the Lehigh Valley AVA or Australia and presents the is an ideal environment for ideal terroir for emerging red grapes Chambourcin French-American hybrid grapes, Pennsylvania’s wine industry has and Cabernet Franc and and traditional vinifera varieties. whites Vidal and Riesling. an economic impact of $1.4 billion. Lehigh Valley is also home to the original Grüner Veltliner plantings in PA. Local wines can be found on Lancaster Valley AVA With an eye on sustainability, the wine lists of some of the top The Lancaster Valley AVA Pennsylvania wineries have restaurants across the state and rests on a deep limestone adopted geothermal and other in the pages of local, regional, and bed, which produces conservational and regenerative national publications including grapes that are rich and farming practices. features in Wine Enthusiast, ripe, ideal for Cabernets, Fortune, and Forbes. Chardonnays and Rieslings.
North East
Erie Lake Erie AVA Historically known as the Warren “Grape Belt of America,” Meadville
Titusville the lake region’s cold Ridgway St. Marys Laporte Scranton climate is ideal for native
Williamsport Clarion Mercer grapes like Concord,
Lock Haven Riesling, Niagara and Stroudsburg Clearfield Hazleton Butler State College Catawba, and emerging
Sunbury Nazareth varieties like Noiret and Belleville Bethlehem Allentown Vidal Blanc. Pittsburgh Altoona
Reading Harrisburg Hershey
Washington Phoenixville
Lancaster West Philadelphia Somerset Chambersburg Chester Uniontown York Gettysburg Kennett Square 300+ wineries enjoy the diverse growing ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA WINERY ASSOCIATION conditions that produce The Pennsylvania Winery Association is a non-profit trade association representing a wide range of grape more than 135 member wineries and an advocate on behalf of the state’s growing varieties across all multibillion-dollar wine industry. With some of the most fertile grape-growing land on regions of Pennsylvania the east coast, Pennsylvania ranks fifth nationally in the number of grapes grown and Wine Land. seventh in wine production.
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