Vermont’s Champlain Valley poised to become a federally recognized wine region

Cătălin Roșioru

Move over, craft beer — Vermont wine is making a name for itself. The Champlain Valley is poised to become a federally recognized wine region, to the excitement of a number of Vermont vineyard owners. A new proposed federal rule would designate the “Champlain Valley of Vermont” as an American viticultural area. That would mean the region’s producers could include details of their grapes’ origin on wine labels, and that nearly all the grapes used to make wine bearing the area’s name must be

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