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The state with the capital Atlanta on the South Atlantic east coast covers 153,909 km². It was one of the 13 founding states of the USA. As the sixth largest wine producer in the United States during the 19th century, a flourishing viticulture developed before the American Civil War (1861-1865) on the basis of hybrids. However, the total prohibition of alcohol introduced in 1907 dealt the death blow to viticulture even before the nationwide Prohibition (1920 to 1933). Georgia's modern wine history only began in the early 1980s with the founding of the two oldest wineries, Chateau Elan and Habersham Vineyards. Georgia has since developed into the wine jewel of the South.

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