The best wines of Ohio

Discover the best wines of Ohio as well as the best winemakers of Ohio and estates of Ohio to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Ohio and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Ohio by region

Looking for a good wine of Ohio among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Ohio. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Ohio with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Ohio

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Ohio

Red wines from the region of Ohio go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of bernard's potée, leg of lamb in a herb crust with preserved vegetables or grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Ohio

On the nose the red wine of the region of Ohio. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or microbio.

The best vintages in red wine of Ohio

  • 1968With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Ohio

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Sangiovese
  • Pinot Noir
  • Lambrusco
  • Concord
  • Zinfandel

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Ohio

A wine route planned in the region of Ohio? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Ohio.

Discovering the wine region of Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state located South of the Great Lakes, between Pennsylvania to the east and Indiana to the west. Traditionally devoted to the production of GrapeJuice and jelly, Ohio is increasingly known for its wine industry and is now one of the top ten wine producing states in the country (although its production is nowhere near that of California, which produces about 90% of American wine). Ohio's Vineyards are home to vinifera and Hybrid grape varieties, including Riesling, Chardonnay and Vidal. The state covers nearly 116,000 square miles of plateaus and plains, with its northern boundary defined by the shores of Lake Erie.

Most of Ohio's vineyard land is on the shores of the lake, where temperatures are moderated by the insulating capabilities of the water. Ohio's American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) of Isle St. George and Grand River Valley are on the lakefront, as is the Lake Erie AVA, which also includes land in Pennsylvania and New York. The Ohio River Valley AVA Lies along the southern border of the state, extending into Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia.

Great white wines of Ohio

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Ohio

White wines from the region of Ohio go well with generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of express cherry clafoutis, rabbit in sauce or whole salmon in aromatic broth.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Ohio

On the nose the white wine of the region of Ohio. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak.

The best vintages in white wine of Ohio

  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.03/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Ohio

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Moscato
  • Pinot Gris
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Malvasia

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Ohio

A wine route planned in the region of Ohio? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Ohio.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Great sparkling wines of Ohio

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Ohio

Sparkling wines from the region of Ohio go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal cutlets with cream sauce, coconut from paimpol or roast venison with green pepper sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Ohio

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Ohio. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or red fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Ohio

  • 0With an average score of 3.75/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Ohio

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Riesling

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Ohio

A wine route planned in the region of Ohio? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Ohio.

    The word of the wine: Alcoholic fermentation

    Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.

    Great pink wines of Ohio

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    Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Ohio

    Pink wines from the region of Ohio go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of caramelized beef with onions, lamb stew or fish and shrimp curry.

    Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Ohio

    On the nose the pink wine of the region of Ohio. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

    The best vintages in pink wine of Ohio

    • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
    • 0With an average score of 3.79/5

    The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Ohio

    • Catawba
    • Merlot
    • Cabernet Sauvignon
    • Grenache
    • Steuben
    • Riesling

    The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Ohio

    A wine route planned in the region of Ohio? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Ohio.

    Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

    From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

    Great sweet wines of Ohio

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    Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Ohio

    Sweet wines from the region of Ohio go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of ham and cheese macaroni gratin, smoked salmon and herb sandwich cakes or yassa chicken (senegal).

    Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Ohio

    On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Ohio. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, tree fruit or black fruit.

    The best vintages in sweet wine of Ohio

    • 2013With an average score of 4.40/5
    • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
    • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

    The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Ohio

    • Vidal Blanc
    • Riesling
    • Noiret
    • Niagara
    • Concord
    • Vidal

    The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Ohio

    A wine route planned in the region of Ohio? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Ohio.

      The word of the wine: Sorting

      Action which consists in removing the bad grains, not ripe or affected by the rot. We often use vibrating sorting tables which, by shaking, make the impurities fall to the ground. In the case of sweet wines, we speak of harvesting by successive selections, in several passages, to select the very ripe grapes each time.

      Great natural sweet wines of Ohio

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      Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Ohio

      Natural sweet wines from the region of Ohio go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of wild boar stew, oven-baked salmon mozzarella sandwiches or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

      The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of Ohio

      • 0With an average score of 4.50/5

      The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Ohio

      • Chardonnay

      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 other wines of Ohio

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      Food and wine pairing with a other wine of Ohio

      Other wines from the region of Ohio go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

      The word of the wine: Tastevin

      Metal cup, wide and of low height, being used to mirror and taste the wine. Still used in wine brotherhoods for its emblematic and folkloric character, the tastevin has been replaced by the various tasting glasses.

      Discover other regions and appellation of Ohio

      A wine route in the region of Ohio ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages

      • Atwater
      • Baltic
      • Berlin center
      • Camp springs ky
      • Canal winchester ohio
      • Chagrin falls
      • Cincinnati
      • Columbus grove
      • Dayton
      • Dover
      • Geneva
      • Grove city
      • Harpersfield township (rte )
      • Lake milton
      • Lancaster
      • Madison
      • Madison ohio
      • Marietta
      • Marysville
      • Miamitown
      • Morrow
      • New concord
      • Port clinton
      • Put-in-bay
      • Ripley
      • San francisco
      • Toledo
      • West lafayette
      • Wooster