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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 Hanover, Illinois: 2008 Member of the Northern Illinois Wine Trail. [1] Roundhouse Wine Company Centralia, Illinois: Closed in 2019 ...
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.
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
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 ]
By the 1930s grape growing was limited to backyard vineyards for family use only. [6] The first winery in this region, Alexis Bailly Vineyard and Winery, was opened in 1973 near Hastings, Minnesota. At the time it was believed that this part of the Upper Mississippi Valley endured winters that were too cold to sustain viticulture. [7]
This prompted several wine-makers to move north to the Finger Lakes region of western New York. During this time, the Missouri wine industry, centered on the German colony in Hermann, was expanding rapidly along both shores of the Missouri River west of St. Louis. By the end of the century, the state was second to California in wine production. [6]
They currently produce 17 different kinds of Illinois wine and 5 American wines ranging from dry to sweet. The Tuscan inspired architecture and interiors of Blue Sky Vineyard's main structure and banquet addition were designed by Nancy Karen Brian, professor at California State University Fresno, in consultation with Blue Sky Vineyard's owners.
In 2007, Hidden Lake Winery participated in the ART in the Park Festival in Belleville, IL. [3] In 2007, many wineries in Southern Illinois formed a "wine trail," (a group of wineries working together and advertising for each other in order to promote business for the area) called the Heartland Rivers Wine Trail.