Bartlett Maine Estate Winery

44°29′27″N 68°00′55″W / 44.490808°N 68.015317°W / 44.490808; -68.015317 Bartlett Maine Estate Winery in Gouldsboro, Maine[1] is the state's oldest winery. It was established in 1983,[2] by Bob Bartlett.[3]

The winery is known for producing fruit wines, especially wines based on pears, apples, raspberries and wild blueberries, staple crops in Maine.[4] It was one of the first producers of dry fruit wines, with most traditional fruit wines being sweet.[3] In 1996, the Bartlett Maine Estate's blueberry wine was named as one of Wine Enthusiast magazine's "Top 40 red wines in the world".[5] Down East Magazine described the winery's pear wine as "medium-bodied with a mineral quality reminiscent of a good Chablis".[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wineries". Maine Wine Trail. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ Cattell, Hudson (2013), "Maine", Wines of Eastern North America, Cornell University Press, p. 350, ISBN 9780801468995
  3. ^ a b Schipani, Sam (2020-03-10). "Fruit wine may make Maine the next Napa Valley". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  4. ^ Tree, Christina; English, Nancy (2012-06-04). Explorer's Guide Maine (Sixteenth Edition) (Explorer's Complete). The Countryman Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-88150-964-9.
  5. ^ Schipani, Sam (2020-08-31). "How wild blueberry wine could save Maine's iconic, struggling agricultural product". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  6. ^ Ricchio, Joe (2018-11-21). "3 Maine Wines for Your Holiday Table". Down East Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-07.

Further reading

  • DeVito, C. (2004). East Coast Wineries: A Complete Guide from Maine to Virginia. Rutgers University Press. p. 13 ff.
  • "Wine Reviews". Quarterly Review of Wines. 7–9. United States: Richard L. Elia: 24. 1984.


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