American wine American wine American wine has been produced for over 300 years. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 89 percent of all US wine. The United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after France, Italy, and Spain. The North American continent is home to several native species of grape, including "Vitis labrusca", "Vitis riparia", "Vitis rotundifolia", and "Vitis vulpina." But the wine-making industry is based on the cultivation of the European "Vitis vinifera", which was introduced by European settlers. With more than under vine, the United States is the sixth-most planted
Quality Wines Produced in Specified Regions where German wines are automatically classified as QWpsr, French, Italian and Spanish wines only attain that status after being officially approved. The current QWpsr regulations, last modified in 2000, stipulate the following areas in which member states must make specific provisions: The following national levels of wine classification correspond to QWpsr. Many EU countries have more than one QWpsr level, and in such cases, there is typically a national hierarchy between them, although they all follow the same EU rules. Quality Wines Produced in Specified Regions Quality Wines Produced in Specified Regions (often abbreviated to QWpsr or simply "quality wines")