South Dakota wine : a fruitful history / Denise DePaolo and Kara Sweet ; foreword by Bob Weyrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DePaolo, Denise, author.

Sweet, Kara, author.

Contributor:

Weyrich, Bob, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wine and wine making--South Dakota--History.

Wine and wine making.

Viticulture--South Dakota--History.

Viticulture.

South Dakota--History.

South Dakota.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : American Palate, [2017]

Summary:

A young commercial wine industry notwithstanding, winemaking traditions run deep in the Mount Rushmore State. Sodbusting pioneers like Anna Pesä and Jon Vojta defied South Dakota's harsh terrain and paved the way for Prairie Berry Winery. University biologists, including Dr. Ronald Peterson, cultivated the unique grapes needed for the climate, like the Valiant, Marquette, Brianna and Frontenac grapes. Despite subzero winters and torrid summers, strawberries, buffaloberries and rhubarb have grown on both sides of the Missouri River. Since the 1996 Farm Winery Bill passed, the state welcomed thirty vintners, including Strawbale Winery, Wilde Prairie Winery and Belle Joli' Winery. Denise DePaolo and Kara Sweet explore the heritage behind winemaking from the harvests of the prairie.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index.

ISBN:

9781439662250

1439662258