Longworth Nicholas

Nicholas Longworth (1783-1863), a lawyer, banker, real estate agent, patron of the arts, horticultural expert and winemaker, was one of the first commercial wine producers in the USA. Due to his services to viticulture, he was known as the "father of American grape culture", "father of American wine" and "the Western Bacchus". The successful self-made man became one of the richest men in the United States by the middle of the 19th century. In 1823, he tried, initially unsuccessfully, to plant European vines on the banks of the Ohio River, but they were all destroyed by phylloxera. The cause was not yet known at the time.

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Sparkling wine from the Catawba grape

In 1825, he received cuttings of the hybrid Catawba variety from surveyor John Adlum (1759-1836) and planted them on a large scale on his land near Cincinnati on the Ohio River in the state of Ohio. In 1842, 480 hectares were already planted with it. Longworth used it to produce the first American sparkling wine, "Sparkling Catawba". Catawba wine was even exported to Europe at this time and was well received there. He had his Catawba wine and other wines exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.

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