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Hagerman receives grant to market Idaho wines, wineries

In the future, Idaho wines might become well known like those from Napa Valley, Calif. — if Idaho’s ambitious wine promoters succeed in their quest for a "Snake River Valley" appellation for the product.

That is what the city of Hagerman is shooting for with the help of a $7,932 Idaho Gem Grant, awarded Friday by Idaho Commerce and Labor.

The city will use the money to do research in order to seek approval for the Snake River Valley appellation designation — in a cooperative effort with Boise State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Station in Parma and the Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers Commission.

An appellation, a geographic designation, refers to a grape-growing region defined by climate, history, soils and geography and must be approved by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Idaho Commerce and Labor said.

The application to the bureau will include — according to Hagerman’s state grant application — a database of vineyards in the proposed appellation area, including a map that will show such items as grape variety, irrigation practice, trellis training systems, elevation range and orientation of vines. The database can be updated for new fields and growers, which Idaho wine promoters hope to attract.

By Blair Koch
Times-News correspondent

Full Story: http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2005/07/30/news_business/business.1.txt

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