The best wines of Iowa
Discover the best wines of Iowa as well as the best winemakers of Iowa and estates of Iowa to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Iowa and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Iowa by region
Looking for a good wine of Iowa among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Iowa. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Iowa with technical and enological descriptions.
Great red wines of Iowa
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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Iowa
Red wines from the region of Iowa go well with generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), spicy food or beef such as recipes of pheasant with mushrooms and tomatoes, couscous without couscous maker or beef goulash.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Iowa
On the nose the red wine of the region of Iowa. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
The best vintages in red wine of Iowa
- 0With an average score of 3.85/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
- 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
The most used grape varieties in red wine of Iowa
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Concord
- Marechal Foch
- Chambourcin
- Marquette
Discovering the wine region of Iowa
Iowa is a Midwestern state bordered by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The continental Climate and unpredictable weather here - as in many Midwestern states - make viticulture extremely challenging, but Iowa's ever-growing wine industry is finding its feet throughout the state. HybridGrape varieties specifically designed for cold climates make up the majority of plantings, with the best wines coming from Marechal Foch, Frontenac and La Crescent.
Iowa covers 146,000 square kilometers, between latitudes 40 and 43°N.
Iowa is on par with other states in the European Union. This puts Iowa on the same level as the South of France, although the Terroir is very different. While the vineyards of Provence are influenced by the proximity of the Mediterranean Sea, Iowa has a strongly continental climate, with hot, humid summers and Harsh winters. This presents a challenge for the state's winemakers, which they overcome by using native grape varieties and seeking out more temperate mesoclimates.
Great white wines of Iowa
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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Iowa
White wines from the region of Iowa go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pasta "carbonara" à la française, salmon steaks with lemon and shallot sauce or garlic shrimp.
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Iowa
On the nose the white wine of the region of Iowa. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit or citrus fruit.
The best vintages in white wine of Iowa
- 0With an average score of 3.95/5
The most used grape varieties in white wine of Iowa
- Brianna
- Seyval Blanc
- Edelweiss
- Geishenheim
- La Crosse
- Riesling
Discover the grape variety: La Crescent
A direct-producer hybrid of American origin resulting from an interspecific cross between Saint Pepin and Elmer Swenson 6-8-25 (vitis riparia X Hamburg muscatel) obtained in 1988 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). It can also be found in Canada, Ukraine, Russia, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.
Great pink wines of Iowa
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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Iowa
Pink wines from the region of Iowa go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish tagine or rabbit with chorizo.
The best vintages in pink wine of Iowa
- 0With an average score of 3.71/5
The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Iowa
- Merlot
- Frontenac
- Concord
Discover the grape variety: Concord
It is the result of a seedling planted in the United States, around 1840, recovered near the Concord River, a small river located east of Massachusetts. According to genetic analysis, it is an interspecific cross between the catawba and a vitis labrusca. Concord was for a long time the main variety cultivated in North America. It was introduced into Europe at the beginning of the 19th century, in France at the beginning of the phylloxera crisis, but was not widely propagated. It could be found in the Valleraugue region (Gard) at the foot of Mont Aigoual, in the Ardèche (our photos), etc. Today, it exists only as an isolated strain that can sometimes be found on the edge of a slope, which was our case. Through various and numerous crosses, it has been used to obtain some rootstocks and direct producer hybrids, which have now almost all disappeared.
Great sweet wines of Iowa
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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Iowa
Sweet wines from the region of Iowa go well with generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts such as recipes of apple cake.
The best vintages in sweet wine of Iowa
- 0With an average score of 3.58/5
- 2008With an average score of 3.40/5
The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Iowa
- Moscato
The word of the wine: Anthocyanins
Phenolic compounds present in the skin of grapes that give colour to red wines during maceration.
Great natural sweet wines of Iowa
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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Iowa
Natural sweet wines from the region of Iowa go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of Iowa
- 0With an average score of 3.83/5
The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Iowa
- Marquette
Discover the grape variety: Seyval blanc
A relative of the Saint Pepin, this direct-producing hybrid is the result of an interspecific cross between 5656 Seibel and Ray d'Or (4986 Seibel) obtained in 1921 by the Seyve-Villard company, formerly based in Saint Vallier (Drôme). Seyval blanc is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A. It can be found in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, etc. It is practically non-existent in France and is in danger of disappearing.
Discover other regions and appellation of Iowa
A wine route in the region of Iowa ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages
- Adel
- Amana
- Ames
- Bankston
- Bellevue
- Cambridge
- Des moines
- Dubuque
- Estherville
- Exira
- Fort madison
- Indianola
- Leighton
- Letts
- Lohrville
- Lowa
- Marengo
- Mt. pleasant
- Saint charles
- Stratford
- Swisher
- Thurman