The state in the south of the USA with the capital Baton Rouge and the well-known harbour city of New Orleans covers around 135,000 km². It borders Mississippi to the east, Texas to the west and Arkansas to the north. Louisiana was admitted to the United States of America in 1812 as the 18th state.

Louisiana was explored by the Spanish from 1539 and the area was claimed by France as "La Louisiane" in 1682. The first French settlements were established from 1699. Viticulture played only a minor role for a long time and was completely interrupted by Prohibition (1920-1933). It was not until the 1980s that the Casa de Sue Winery (founded in 1980) became the first commercial winery of modern viticulture in Louisiana.
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