Feedsock & Varietal Advocacy Groups

Wine is essentially made from three feedstock categories:

Honey which is used to make Mead wine.

Fruits (other than grapes)
Typical fruit wines are made from Apple, Blueberry,Cherry, Cranberry, Peach,
Pear, Plum, Raspberry and Strawberry. Here are some examples" Allegheny Shadbush Wine, Agarita Wine, Aronia Berry Wine, Autumn Olive Wine, Barberry Wine, Bilberry Wines, Black Raspberry Wine, Black Cherry Wine, Chickweed Wine, Chicory Wine, Chokecherry Wine, Cloudberry Wine, Damson Wine, Dandelion Wine, Downy Serviceberry Wine, Elderberry Wines, Gooseberry Wines, Gorse Wine, Greengage Wine, Hackberry Wine, Highbush Cranberry Wine, Huckleberry Wine, Huisache Flower Wine, Madrone Berry Wines, Mayhaw Wine, Mesquite Bean Wine, Mountain Ash Wine, Nettles Wines, Pawpaw Wine, Persimmon Wine, Plum Wines, Prickly Pear Cactus Wine, Red Clover Wines. Red Raspberry Wine, Salal Berry Wines, Sand Burr Wine, Saskatoon Serviceberry Wine, Sloe Wine, Staghorn Sumac Wine, Thimbleberry Wine

Grapes
The wines in America are made from indigenous grape varietals, foreign originated varietals and hybrid varietals representing clones of native and foreign varietals. There just too many to list them all here but there are many resources on the Internet that will provide you knowledge on all these varietals. We will shortly provide with a listing here which will link to the better sites we have identified to date.

Some of the resources on all three type of feedstock are listed below so that you can click on and visit the sites that interest you the most.

--- Concord Grape Association --- http://www.concordgrape.org/

--- Honey Wine --- http://www.honeywine.com/index.php

--- North American Blueberry Council --- http://www.blueberry.org/

--- North American Bramble Growers Association --- http://www.raspberryblackberry.com/

--- North American Strawberry Growers Association --- http://www.nasga.org/

--- Rhone Rangers --- http://www.rhonerangers.org/

--- Rose' Avengers" and Producers --- http://www.rapwine.com/members.php/

--- Sirah Advocacy Group --- http://www.psiloveyou.org/index.php

--- Wild Blueberry Association of North America --- http://www.wildblueberries.com/

--- Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society --- http://www.tapasociety.org/ /

--- World of Pinot Noir --- http://www.worldofpinotnoir.com/

--- Zin Advocates and Producers --- http://www.zinfandel.org/