Connecticut Wine / Connecticut Wineries
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Connecticut Wine at a Glance
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Commercial wineries have been permitted in Connecticut since 1978. Since then, the wine industry in Connecticut has grown to 28 wineries.
Connecticut is part of the Southeastern New England American Viticultural Area (AVA), which was established in 1984. The Southeastern New England AVA also includes Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Connecticut also has a second AVA, the Western Connecticut Highlands AVA, which was established in 1988.
Connecticut has 4 distinct areas, each with its own unique growing conditions:
- The coastal region which has the warming influence of the ocean to mitigate harsh New England winters
- The central region or central Valley which has the warming influence Connecticut River
- The Western Highlands which is its own appellation and cooler the the preceding regions
- The Eastern Highlands, also a cooler region
Connecticut Wineries
- Bishop's Orchards Winery, Guilford
- Cassidy Hill Vineyards, Coventry
- Chamard Vineyards, Guilford
- Connecticut Valley Winery, New Hartford
- Dalice Elizabeth Winery, Preston
- DiGrazia Vineyards, Brookfield
- Gouveia Vineyards, Wallingford
- Haight-Brown Vineyard, Litchfield
- Heritage TrailWinery & Cafe, Lisbon
- Holmberg Orchards, Gales Ferry
- Hopkins Vineyards, New Preston
- Jerram Winery, New Hartford
- Jonathan Edwards Winery, North Stonington
- Jones Family Farms, Shelton
- Land of Nod Vineyard & Winery, East Canaan
- Maugle Sierra Vineyards, Ledyard
- McLaughlin Vineyards, Sandy Hook
- Miranda Vineyard, Goshen
- Priam Vineyards, Colchester
- Rosedale Farms & Vineyards, Simsbury
- Savino Vineyards, Woodbridge - (203)265-5526
- Sharpe Hill Vineyard, Pomfret
- Stonington Vineyards, Stonington
- Sunset Meadow Vineyards, Goshen
- Taylor Brooke Winery, Woodstock
- The Vineyard at Strawberry Ridge, New Preston
- Walker Road Vineyards, Woodbury
- White Silo Farm & Winery, Sherman
Connecticut Wine Resources
- New England Wine Grape Growers' Resource Center - From UMass Amherst
- Connecticut Wine Trail
- Vineyards and Wineries - Connecticut Department of Agriculture
- Your Passport to Connecticut Farm Wineries - Connecticut Department of Agriculture (PDF format)
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