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By the first 100 years A.D., wine was being exported from Italy to Spain, Germany, and France. It wasen't long before these countries ended up developing their own vineyards. Over the next few centries France had become the dominant producer of wines on the world market. Monastaries are known to have been reponsible for establishing several of the most sought after wines in the vineyards of France. Exploration and settlement brought wine to Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa in the 1500's and 1600's. Considered to be the father of the California Wine Industry, Jean-Louis Vignes planted the first European wine vines in northern California. He founded the Buena Vista Winery in 1857, which boasts 1,000 acres of vineyards in both Sonoma and Napa counties, and produces over half a million bottles of wine per year!
Made from fermented grape juice, wine is classified into 3 basic types: Natural, Sparkling, & Fortified. Natural wines may be Red, White, & Rose, and be classified in taste as Dry, Medium, or Sweet. Sparkling wines are given a 2nd fermatation in which added yeast eats up the sugar in the wine and produces carbon dioxide to give the wine a carbonated nature, much like soda pop. Tiny bubbles noticed in sparkling wines are from this natural process, while larger bubbles indicate carbon dioxide was added by machine. Fortified wines, such as Port, Sherry, Marsala, Vermouth, Maderia, Muscat, and Sangria, were made to have a longer shelf life. While there are spirits that are made from wine, the fortification process is created by when alcohol is added to the wine, thus killing the yeast before the fermintation process is completed, which leaves residual sugar. The higher levels of alcohol and sweetness help to preserve the wine longer. Wine is usually aged for several years in wood barrels, allowing the wood to influence the characteristics of the wine from taste, color, depth, complexity, and so on.
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Penoach Winery & Nursery
26759 N Avenue, Adel, IA 50003 Map
515 993-4374
Prairie Moon Winery
3801 W 190th St, Ames, IA 50014 Map
515 232-2747
Spotted Horse Vineyards
12687 170th St, Arcadia, IA 51430 Map
402 679-5614
White Oak Vineyards
15065 Ne White Oak Drive, Cambridge, IA 50046 Map
515 367-7780
Prairie Moon Winery
3850 Merle Hay Road, Des Moines, IA 50310 Map
515 278-4859
Rosey Acres Winery
2477 SE 82nd St, Des Moines, IA 50317 Map
515 265-3432
Red Brick Winery
201 E Main St, Ellston, IA 50074 Map
641 772-4737
LA Vida Loca Winery
7852 Jesup St, Indianola, IA 50125 Map
515 962-2236
Make Mine Wine
1301 Tawnya Terrace, Indianola, IA 50125 Map
515 962-5515
Summerset Winery
15101 Fairfax St, Indianola, IA 50125 Map
515 961-3545
Eagle City Winery Inc
28536 160th St, Iowa Falls, IA 50126 Map
641 648-3669
Old Bank Winery
200 N Main St, Kanawha, IA 50447 Map
641 762-3406
Tassel Ridge Winery
1681 220th St, Leighton, IA 50143 Map
641 672-9463
Snus Hill Vineyard & Winery
2183 320th St, Madrid, IA 50156 Map
515 795-3535
Jasper Winery
518 W 3rd St North, Newton, IA 50208 Map
641 792-7022
Three Hills Winery
6625 Locust Avenue, Newton, IA 50208 Map
641 792-6764
Southern Hills Winery
1400 W Clay St, Osceola, IA 50213 Map
641 342-2808
John Ernest Vineyard & Winery
3291 N Avenue, Tama, IA 52339 Map
641 484-8048
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