United States: Modern wine production

Wine is made in each of the 50 states comprising the US. Some of it is humble, created only for the tourist traffic that provides the majority of sales for most small wineries. While small wineries on the West Coast have garnered boutique and even cult status, only now are critics and the wine trade recognizing the quality of wines produced in Michigan, New York, Virginia, and the rest of the US.

The American wine industry comprises an odd collection of monied hobbyists, enthusiastic home winemakers, retired professionals in search of a glamorous lifestyle, and a diminishing number of increasingly powerful international wine and spirits conglomerates (see globalization).