▁in ▁the ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁only ▁to ▁be ▁res ur rect ed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁Today ▁Id aho ' s ▁wine ▁industry ▁is ▁its ▁fast est ▁growing ▁agricult ural ▁industry . ▁ ▁Geography ▁and ▁climate ▁Loc ated ▁in ▁the ▁Pacific ▁North west , ▁the ▁wine ▁regions ▁of ▁Id aho ▁res emb les ▁Eastern ▁Washington ▁though ▁the ▁region ▁is ▁affected ▁by ▁a ▁greater ▁di urn al ▁temperature ▁variation . ▁The ▁average ▁v ine yard ▁in ▁Id aho ▁s its ▁at ▁an ▁alt itude ▁of ▁ ▁among ▁the ▁fo oth ills ▁of ▁the ▁Rock y ▁Mountains . ▁A ▁benefit ▁of ▁global ▁war ming ▁has ▁limited ▁the ▁sever ity ▁of ▁Id aho ▁winter s ▁on ▁the ▁v ine y ards ▁which ▁were ▁dev ast ated ▁with ▁fro st ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Since ▁that ▁era , ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁global ▁war ming ▁has ▁been ▁benef icial ▁to ▁the ▁v ine y ards ▁of ▁south western ▁Id aho . ▁Although ▁due ▁to ▁severe ▁cold ▁temper atures ▁and ▁fro st ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁many ▁grow ers ▁lost ▁a ▁significant ▁number ▁of ▁v ines . ▁ ▁To ▁grow ▁better ▁w ines ▁in ▁the ▁v ine y ards , ▁several ▁vit icult ural ▁practices ▁common ▁in ▁Id aho ▁including ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁open ▁can op ies ▁over ▁the ▁v ines , ▁d rip ▁ir rig ation ▁and ▁ag gress ive ▁pr uning ▁to ▁ensure ▁lower