Dr. Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, Legacy of AWS Founder, Turns 50

摘要

For the American Wine Society, the hills above Hammondsport, New York are hallowed ground. It's here that the American Wine Society was founded by Dr. Kon-stantin Frank, the self-styled Ukrainian immigrant who changed the wine world by proving that vinifera grapes such as Riesling and Cabernet Franc could be successfully cultivated in the cooler regions east of the Rocky Mountains. Dr. Frank's Vinifera Wine Cellars marked its 50th anniversary at a special event held at the winery this spring. Industry leaders, the extended Frank family, and several AWS members attended to celebrate the AWS's founder and the winery that continues to make world-class wines. Unafraid to think big, Dr. Frank wanted to change not only the way Americans produced wine, but how they consumed it, as well, that led him to form the American Wine Society as a mechanism to educate Americans about wine at a time when most were drinking mediocre generic wines.