PRINTER'S NO. 3572
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
513
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, PICKETT, HARKINS, FREEMAN, PASHINSKI,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, STENDER, GIRAL,
GALLAGHER, NEILSON, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, MERSKI, ZIMMERMAN AND
STRUZZI, AUGUST 15, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, AUGUST 15, 2024
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of October 2024 as "Wine, Wineries and
Grapes Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania growers produce many of the finest food
products available worldwide; and
WHEREAS, Today, the growth of Pennsylvania grapes occurs
thanks to the tireless efforts of generations of Pennsylvanians
who played instrumental roles in the founding of this nation's
great wine industry; and
WHEREAS, The nation's first commercial grapevine nursery
operated in Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, With more than 270 wineries in this Commonwealth,
Pennsylvania ranks seventh in the nation for the number of
wineries and fourth for the amount of wine produced; and
WHEREAS, Our wineries, grapes and grape juice provide an
annual 1.5-billion-dollar economic impact to this Commonwealth;
and
WHEREAS, Since 2010, Commonwealth wineries boasted more than
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