Hawaii Wine Country

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MauiWine at Ulupalakua Ranch has been producing estate wine at 2,000 feet on the slopes of Haleakalā since 1974 — making it one of Hawaii's oldest continuously operating wineries and one of the few true grape estates in the Pacific Islands.

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About Hawaii Wine Country

Hawaii wine country is unlike anything else in America. On the slopes of Haleakalā at 2,000 feet, MauiWine at Ulupalakua Ranch has been producing estate Syrah, pineapple wine, and sparkling wine since 1974 — and the tasting experience, set against sweeping upcountry views toward the ocean, is one of the most spectacular in American wine.

On the Big Island, Volcano Winery has turned an absurd proposition — growing grapes 1 mile from one of the world's most active volcanoes — into a genuine tourist destination and a source of genuinely interesting wine. Symphony grapes in volcanic basalt soil at 4,000 feet produce a wine that tastes like nothing else, partly because nothing else is grown anywhere quite like it.

Hawaii's craft producers have also made the state a mead destination of genuine note. Nani Moon Meadery on Maui uses local honey from Molokai and Maui to produce meads infused with tropical flowers, fruits, and Hawaiian herbs — beverages that are as much an expression of the islands as any surfboard or lei. For wine adventurers, Hawaii belongs on the list.