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Lake Erie AVA

Once a leader in the wine industry, Ohio has a David vs. Goliath fight for attention on its hands.

Lake Erie (AVA)

Ohio’s Lake Erie AVA Has a Corner of the Wine Market

by Eleanor & Ray Heald
July 29, 2009

Currently, there are more than 100 licensed commercial wineries in the state of Ohio with a wine value of $75 million from over 2,200 acres of wine grapes. One of the state’s more important regions is the Lake Erie AVA, spanning 40,000 acres total, along the shore and on the Lake Erie islands across the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.

DropCap Although Ohio’s wineries are scattered around the state, Ashtabula County in the Lake Erie AVA has developed as the wine capital of Ohio. Many wineries are located in the cool climate winegrowing region, an hour east of Cleveland, one and a half hours from Pittsburgh and about a half mile from the Lake Erie shoreline. Markko Vineyard owner Arnie Esterer suggests “western reserve” as a name to distinguish the Ohio portion of the Lake Erie AVA.

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