American wine

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: a U.S. wine made from grapes developed from or containing blood of an American wild grape (Vitis labrusca) and grown chiefly in the eastern or middle western part of the U.S. broadly : any wine made in the U.S. — compare california wine

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The first known use of American wine was in 1772

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