Grape expectations: Introducing Marquette wine in Iowa
Grape expectations: Introducing Marquette wine in Iowa
Feb 8, 2011 6
Marquette wine may be the most highly anticipated new product to ever hit Iowa's commercial wine industry.
And it's time has arrived.
Now aging in wine cellars across Iowa, the Marquette is a descendant of the popular pinot noir and can survive 35 degrees below zero. It was developed at the University of Minnesota, released in 2006, and planted in wineries from New York to California. Cold-weather states, in particular, have embraced the designer grape with great expectations
It may be too early to celebrate, but tasting rooms across Iowa are gradually uncorking the new red, and Marquette wine should be available soon.
Jasper Winery, in Des Moines, will bottle and release the Marquette later this year. Winemaker Mason Groben recently held a wine tasting for his Marquette.
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