American Winery Guide

{{short description|Online compendium of wineries in the United States}}

{{Notability|Web|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = American Winery Guide

| image = American Winery Guide logo.png

| type = Winery compendium

| format = Online

| foundation = 2007

| owners = Jim Finley, Tim Donahoe

| staff = 25

| headquarters = 211 North Union Street, Suite 100
Alexandria, VA 22314-2643

| website = {{URL|http://www.americanwineryguide.com}}

}}

American Winery Guide (AWG) is an online compendium of wineries in the United States.Diaz, Jo. [http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/americanwineryguidecom-has-just-launched-its-5-year-construction-project-creating-an-indispensible-resource-for-wine-lovers-and-media-172322881.html "AmericanWineryGuide.com has just launched its 5-year construction project, creating an {{sic|indisp|ensible|nolink=y}} resource for wine lovers and media"] in PR Newswire (2 October 2012). Retrieved 4 September 2013.[http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-industry-links.aspx "National Organizations"] in Appellation America. Retrieved 5 September 2013. Founded by Jim Finley and Tim Donahoe in 2007, American Winery Guide catalogues and maps American wineries by state and viticultural area.Finley, Jim. [http://www.manta.com/c/mmcyxy1/americanwineryguide-com "AmericanWineryGuide.com"] on Manta. Retrieved 4 September 2013.Diaz, Jo. [http://www.wine-blog.org/index.php/2013/07/19/american-winery-guide-watching-its-evolution/ "American Winery Guide ~ Watching its evolution"] on Juicy Tales by Jo Diaz (blog) (19 July 2013). Retrieved 5 September 2013. The guide lists the address, owner, winemaker, founding date, hours of operation, tasting fees, and production statistics for over 7,500 wineries.Malloy, Betsy. [http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/canapa/ss/best_wineries_5.htm "Top Napa Valley Wineries and Tasting Rooms"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515010455/http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/canapa/ss/best_wineries_5.htm |date=15 May 2013 }} on About.com California Travel Guide (12 July 2013). Retrieved 5 September 2013.American Winery Guide. [http://www.americanwineryguide.com/wineries/ "Wineries"] (commercial website). Retrieved 5 September 2013. Additionally, American Winery Guide employs correspondents who write articles about wineries in an area.Riley, Tom. [http://thegrapebelt.com/2013/04/06/theres-a-new-guide-in-town/ "There’s A New Guide In Town"] on The Grape Belt (blog) (6 April 2013). Retrieved 5 September 2013.Fleming, Becki. [http://www.rosebankwinery.com/great-review-on-americanwineryguide-com/ "Great review on americanwineryguide.com"] from Rose Bank Winery (commercial website) (7 November 2012). Retrieved 5 September 2013. In 2013, American Winery Guide partnered with CellarPass and VinoVisit, two winery reservation services, to allow customers to search for wineries on American Winery Guide's website, and then book a wine tasting or winery tour using the reservation companies.Elliman, Sarah. [http://www.cellarpass.com/images/content/press_releases/February2013_AmericanWineryGuide.pdf "CellarPass Announces Link Share Agreement with American Winery Guide"] from CellarPass (press release) (11 February 2013). Retrieved 5 September 2013.[http://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataid=114876 "AmericanWineryGuide.com Integrates Two Leading Winery Reservation Systems"] in Wine Business (15 April 2013). Retrieved 5 September 2013.