Journalist Joel Stein drank a bottle of wine from every state for a Time magazine article published in August 2008. His selection from Kentucky was Celebration White by Equus Run Vineyards of Midway.

He liked it.

The Kentucky Proud wine was one of 12 that Stein gave an “excellent” rating. His affirmation was one more step for Kentucky up the ladder of winemaking states.

“People from all over are finding out what we already knew – Kentucky’s grape and wine industry is back,” Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer said. “Kentucky was one of the leading wine-producing states in the U.S. before Prohibition. Not that long ago we didn’t have any wineries; now we have 46. And we are gaining in quality as well as quantity.”

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