This is why I'm constantly asking: why aren't we planting vineyards in the Wasatch Front? Silicon Slopes didn't work out but can we at least farm some effing grapes?

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wyre 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don’t know SLC very well but I’d guess it’s a combination of water consumption, and a bad value:land ratio because the wine won’t be good.

	▲	PaulHoule 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I don't think there are good or bad wine growing regions as much as there are places where people have figured out how to make good wines. The Finger Lakes had a bad reputation once but people figured out Rieslings and some more affordable whites that reputation changed. More recently it was famous for soda-pop sweet wines like Red Cat but I've had some dry reds lately that weren't as bad as what I had 20 years ago. People are making progress in Utah too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_wine
	▲	AfterHIA 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It was a rhetorical question.

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kulahan 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Despite there being many great breweries in that region, most people shy away (initially) from a state run by a prohibition-style religion. Probably illogical, but definitely real in my experience.

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Modified3019 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Here in Oregon, vineyards and especially hop yards are being taken out, demand for alcohol overall is down, and same goes for the related tourism.