New England

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Name (New England) for the six north-eastern states of the USA on or near the Atlantic coast, which were settled especially by English, Scots and Irish. These are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Viticulture is quite similar in terms of climate and the grape varieties grown. The two AVAs Southeastern New England and Western Connecticut Highlands partly share these states. There are frequent winter frosts, only on the coast is the climate more temperate due to the influence of the Atlantic. On a larger scale, hybrids (mainly white wine varieties) are cultivated, which became popular throughout the East Coast of North America from the 1950s onwards through the efforts of the American winegrowing pioneer Philip Wagner (1904-1996). Among the European varieties, the Chardonnay variety dominates. Fruit wine and mead are produced from a wide variety of berries and apples.

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