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Pomona Winery Pomona, Illinois: 1991 Member of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail [2] and located within the Shawnee Hills AVA. [3] Prairie State Winery Genoa, Illinois: 1998 Member of the Northern Illinois Wine Trail. [1] Press House Winery Nauvoo, Illinois: 2019 Member of the Mississippi Valley Wine Trail. [5] Rocky Waters Vineyard and Winery ...
The Shawnee Hills AVA is an American Viticultural Area located between the Mississippi River and the Ohio River in southern Illinois.The wine appellation includes over 2,140 square miles (5,500 km 2) of land in portions of Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Union, and Williamson counties.
[3] [4] Franklin County is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area and contains some of the city's exurbs. It is located along the south side of the Missouri River . The county has wineries that are included in the Hermann AVA ( American Viticultural Area ) and is part of the region known as the Missouri Rhineland , which ...
Illinois wine refers to any wine that is produced in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2006, Shawnee Hills, in southern Illinois, was named the state's first American Viticultural Area . As of 2008, there were 79 wineries in Illinois, utilizing approximately 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2 ) of vines. [ 2 ]
Blue Sky Vineyard is located in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest and anchors the eastern end of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail. [1] Located within the Shawnee Hills American Viticultural Area , an area that is federally designated and recognized for its uniqueness in grape growing, Blue Sky Vineyard uses Illinois grapes to produce a ...
A revival period occurred in the 1960s that led to the founding of many of the area's current wineries. [7] At the turn of the 21st century, wines from the Augusta AVA were exported to Germany. In 2003, Augusta Winery's 2001 Chardonel won "Best US wine" from the German wine magazine Selection at their yearly competition in Mainz. [7]
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