:Iowa wine

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| name = Iowa

| image = Map of USA IA.svg

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| official name = State of Iowa

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| type = U.S. State Appellation

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| wine years = {{years ago|1846}}

| country = United States

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| sub regions = Upper Mississippi Valley AVA, Loess Hills District AVA{{cite news |author1=Brownlee, Mike |title=Winemakers celebrate new federal designation |url=https://nonpareilonline.com/news/local/winemakers-celebrate-new-federal-designation/article_06555ee0-d2e6-5535-b7c0-1346a4be6a35.html |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=The Daily Nonpareil |date=2016-06-23 |location=Council Bluffs, IA}}

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| climate region = Continental

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| soil = clay and gravel base

| total size = {{convert|56272|sqmi|km2|0}}

| planted = {{convert|1300|acres|ha|0}}

| vineyards = 316{{cite web |title=Iowa's Grape & Wine Industry |url=https://iowawinegrowers.org/industry |website=Iowa Wine Growers Association |access-date=2 May 2021 |format=About}}

| grapes = Bluebell, Catawba, Cayuga, Chambourcin, Chancellor, Chardonel, Concord, De Chaunac, Edelweiss, Frontenac, Frontenac, Geisenheim, La Crosse, Leon Millot, Marechal Foch, Marquette, Niagara, Norton, Seyval blanc, St. Croix, St. Pepin, St. Vincent, Steuben, Traminette, Valiant, Vidal blanc, Vignoles{{cite web |title = Iowa: Appellation Profile | url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Iowa.html | website=Appellation America | date=2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405015113/wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Iowa.html | archive-date=2015-04-05 | url-status=live}}

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| wineries = 97{{cite web |title=Iowa Wineries |url=http://www.americanwineryguide.com/regions/iowa-wineries/ |website=American Winery Guide.com |access-date=2 May 2021}}

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Iowa wine refers to wine made primarily from grapes grown in the state of Iowa. The state was one of the largest wine producers in the country during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but Prohibition put it out of business. Iowa presents many challenges to viticulture including very warm summer days that can promote fungal vine diseases, and extremely cold winter nights that can kill many varieties of grapevines. Most commercial viticulture in Iowa focuses on French hybrid and native American grape varieties, with relatively few plantings of Vitis vinifera grapes. Many Iowa wineries also import grapes and juice from other states and countries in order to produce wine varietals otherwise not possible due to Iowa's harsh winter months that will not permit such grapes to survive. Iowa is home to 100 commercial wineries and more than 300 vineyards covering 1,200+ acres. Northeastern Iowa is included in the Upper Mississippi Valley AVA while the western part of the state is in the new AVA designation named Loess Hills.

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