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
Wine humour Anecdotes and jokes may be told about wine. An old chestnut which has appeared in many contexts concerns a vineyard which sent its wine to a lab for analysis. The report which was returned warned that "Your horse has diabetes!". The artist and wine enthusiast Ronald Searle has produced a book of cartoons and humour about wine called "Something in the cellar". He also produced a collection of cartoons which satirised the art of wine-tasting — "The Illustrated Winespeak". Wine humour Wine humour is humour associated with wine. As well as ordinary anecdotes, cartoons and jokes, the whimsical labels and