Word: wined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jefferson's vision is being realized through science: the adaptation of distinguished vines that will survive cold climates and disease-and through art; the translation of grapes into wine. Eminent wine scientists, from Emile Peynaud of Bordeaux to Maynard Amerine of the University of California, have paved the way. At great expense and with the priestly dedication that produced the vintages of Europe, their test tubes are being translated into bottles by a new breed of American winemaker...
...recent U.S. tour, Helmut Becker, a West German oenologist and a founder of the German Wine Academy reported: "Without doubt, the wine grape can be grown in almost all parts of the U.S., with the exception of Alaska. California's privilege to be the only vinifera grape-growing area does not exist any more. He added: "The states of Washington Oregon, Ohio, Michigan, New York Indiana, Pennsylvania and others are shaking the throne of California by competing with their fine quality and fruity wines [whose] freshness and elegance are a challenge...
Indeed, while California produces six of every ten bottles of table wine consumed in the U.S., and has doubled its production in a decade, wineries in every other grape-growing state command a fanatic following-even for the vintages that can be admired only for pricey presumptuousness. Experts believe that the good ones are here to stay; that this is in every sense, a growth industry...
...market is there. U.S. wine consumption has increased by almost 60% in this decade. This year or next, for the first time, Americans will down more wine than hard liquor.* Wine already outsells spirits in nine states: Arizona California, Idaho, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington...
...growing and making of wines can be a hobby for some. For the most part, however, the new challengers are businessmen who figure on a solid cash return on their liquid investment. Regardless of the cost of the land, it may take at least $1,300 an acre to plant the good vines-though the return can be bountiful: around 3,000 bottles. The further cost of fertilizing, weeding, spraying, pruning, picking, vinification and bottling makes wine a costly enterprise. Then add the investment in sophisticated equipment: a single stainless-steel 1,000-gal. vat can soak the vintner...