I stumbled onto this article:
http://www.1winedude.com/why-do-local-wine-and-local-food-hate-each-other-a-late-dispatch-from-dlw-2012/
which is something I have wondered about before as well. This is also discussed in "The Wild Vine" concerning the lack of Missouri wines in Missouri restaurants, particularly in Hermann.
I know this is not true everywhere, an obvious exception being California. Also, when I was in Ontario, in Niagara on the Lake, every restaurant we went to pretty much only served local wine. Of course the wine in Ontario was fantastic, so it was easy to see why it was served in restaurants.
I saw this to a degree in the Geneva/Seneca Lake region. Most wines were local, but it was more like 50/50.
Here in KY, I would probably faint if I saw a local wine on the menu, I can honestly say I never have. There are some great local wineries, and some of them do not overprice their wine. Many do, however, as if charging more brings a bit of quality to an otherwise mediocre wine. My experience is the overpriced wineries are almost always the worst around here.
I would imagine #3 in the article above is one of the biggest stumbling blocks, restaurants may be interested in local wines, but no one has taken the time to sell to them.
So I'm wondering what other people's experiences are looking for local wine in a restaurant.
http://www.1winedude.com/why-do-local-wine-and-local-food-hate-each-other-a-late-dispatch-from-dlw-2012/
which is something I have wondered about before as well. This is also discussed in "The Wild Vine" concerning the lack of Missouri wines in Missouri restaurants, particularly in Hermann.
I know this is not true everywhere, an obvious exception being California. Also, when I was in Ontario, in Niagara on the Lake, every restaurant we went to pretty much only served local wine. Of course the wine in Ontario was fantastic, so it was easy to see why it was served in restaurants.
I saw this to a degree in the Geneva/Seneca Lake region. Most wines were local, but it was more like 50/50.
Here in KY, I would probably faint if I saw a local wine on the menu, I can honestly say I never have. There are some great local wineries, and some of them do not overprice their wine. Many do, however, as if charging more brings a bit of quality to an otherwise mediocre wine. My experience is the overpriced wineries are almost always the worst around here.
I would imagine #3 in the article above is one of the biggest stumbling blocks, restaurants may be interested in local wines, but no one has taken the time to sell to them.
So I'm wondering what other people's experiences are looking for local wine in a restaurant.