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After centuries of growing grapes in different parts of Europe, varieties began to form that have become some of the best known wine types today. Riesling, for instance, was a white grape variety that grew well in the Rhine Valley, which has developed their since the 15th century. Burgundy in France became well known for variety of wines, including developing Pino Gris, Pinot noir, and chablis and others that had begun to develop already by the Roman period. Chenin blanc was another white grape variety developed in Anjou (Figure 2).<ref>For more on types of wines and their history, see: Singh, Dueep. 2013. <i>The Miracle of Wine History, Making, Selling, Preserving, Enjoying</i>. JD-BZ Publishing.</ref>
In the New World, Vitis (or grape family) vines did grow, but they do not seemed to have been utilized from making wine. Although various alcoholic drinks were known to native populations in the New World, it was the Spanish that brough brought wine types from Europe to the New World. The Portuguese also spread grape wine to Brazil. As shipping was still relatively poor in preserving wine quality, early Spanish explorers and settlers soon preferred to grow wine rather than import it from Europe. With wine production moving to the New World, many experiments began to make wine more adept in growing in more extreme climates found in the New World. British explorers to Australia and New Zealand also brought different grapes and since the late 18th century the wine culture in Australia and later New Zealand, although initially failing, began to be come very successful in the 19th century. Types of shiraz wine, in particular, grew well in those regions. In New Zealand, Syrah and Pinot noir grapes were among the initial successful wines that grew in the climate.<ref>Fore more on the spread of wine to the New World and other regions, see: Unwin, P. T. H. 1996. <i>Wine and the Vine: An Historical Geography of Viticulture and the Wine Trade.</i> London; New York: Routledge, pg. 204.</ref>
In the United States, the oldest continuous winery is found in New York state, which was founded by a French Huguenot, in 1810. Wine spread to cold regions of Canada, where specialized ice wine became developed, which is a type of sweet wine. By 1811, settlers in Hawaii even began to grow wine in tropical conditions.<ref>For more on the history of wine growing in the United States, see: Pinney, Thomas. 2007. <i>A History of Wine in America: From the Beginnings to Prohibition.</i> Berkeley, Calif.: Univ. of California Press.</ref>
