<P> American wine has been produced for over 300 years . Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 89 percent of all US wine . The United States is the fourth - largest wine producing country in the world after France, Italy, and Spain . </P> <P> The North American continent is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina . But the wine making industry is based on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers . With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km) under vine, the United States is the sixth-most planted country in the world after France, Italy, Spain, China and Turkey . </P>

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