#Wyoming and vines

Wyoming Vineyards  and vines

Once inhabited by several groups of Native Americans whose Crows, Arapaho, Sioux and Shoshone

Wyoming is a western state of the United States, bordered on the west by Idaho, on the north by Montana, on the east by Nebraska and South Dakota and south by Colorado and 'Utah. One third of the state is located in the Great Plains, but Wyoming is mountainous throughout the rest of its territory. It is one of only two fully rectangular States (with Colorado). It is also the least populated state in the United States with its 563,626 inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Cheyenne.

The Wyoming the wine industry has only three vineyards that today almost 8 references mainly tables wines and regardless fruit wines such as Blackberry wines, wines and Cherry, giving a production of dry and sweet wines. Most dry wines are grape varietals while sweet wines are fruit wines.

Among the grape varieties are found: Frontenac, Frontenac Gris, Merlot Chardonnay, 'Marechal Foch, Marquette.

Located west of the United States Wyoming. Its territory includes both the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. Is a mountain climate being continental climate with mild temperatures and sunny, along with rigorous winter months? With temperatures ranging from -8 ° C in winter and 28 ° C in July.

Snowmelt from the heights of the mountain comes to enlarge a number of rivers and streams as: The Snake begins his long winding trip to Idaho and river Columbia; Yellowstone moving north towards the east to come and throw in Missouri; and the Green River flows south to join Colorado. This richness compensates rare rainfall and channeling for irrigation, and in some cases, for hydroelectric power.

Despite the small number of vineyards research done on grapes depuis10 year sees promise for growth potential of grapes in Wyoming., Accompanied by a hot and dry climate viticulture good reason to believe in the future between 25-30 farms under development spread across the state along with a variety of grapes grown in the State of Wyoming

Many buy grapes or obtiennes the California juice to make wine in Wyoming.

Research is currently focused on the identification of grape varieties that are well adapted to tolerate cold, drought and salinity in Wyoming

The interest in Wyoming for grapes usually comes from producers, owners and all those involved in the production of wine.

With an increase in grape production, many people will begin to interested wine making to begin to establish vineyards, with the huge potential of that State.

The climate of Wyoming does not promote the growth of disease. The producers did not use fungicides; The reason is the climate so suitable. There's so hot and dry that Wyoming has no fungal diseases, this represents a huge advantage for Wyoming

Some producers are looking for new varieties, other than that from traditional livestock use such as Chardonnay, Merlot.