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Hermann, Missouri: 1997 The winery is located on a bluff with views of the Missouri River. Pirtle Winery [1] Weston, Missouri: 1978 Serenity Valley Winery [1] Fulton, Missouri: Mid-Missouri winery with a serene lake and spectacular sunsets, offering red, white and boutique wines. St. James Winery [1] St. James, Missouri: 1970 Largest winery in ...
In 2008 over 888,000 gallons of Missouri wine was sold. The market share of Missouri wine within the state was 7.95% in 2008. The wine industry in Missouri has consistently grown for over a decade, in 2009 97 wineries were producing select Missouri wines. These were supported by over 400 local vineyards. Missouri's winery count was over 126 by ...
American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, ISBN 9780759100022 – via archive.org
A bottle of Norton wine sits next to what is believed to be a 170-year-old Norton/Cynthiana grapevine in Hermann, MO. The Norton cultivar was introduced by Daniel Norborne Norton of Richmond, Virginia, who selected it from among what he believed were seedlings of a long-forgotten grape variety called Bland, though there is some doubt as to whether it was the actual source of the seed which ...
A number of other Missouri wineries took home awards. Highest, or best of class, honors went to Hermann's Stone Hill Winery and its 2020 Old Vine Reserve Norton (Governor's Cup and C.V. Riley ...
The wine appellation is located on the southern side of the Missouri River near the town of Hermann, about halfway between St. Louis and Jefferson City. The AVA covers the northernmost hills of the Ozark Plateau with many of the 200 acres (80 hectares) of vineyards planted along hillside locations.
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]
St. James Winery is located in St. James, Missouri, near mile marker 195 of Interstate 44.The winery distributes 200,000 cases of wine per year in 19 states. The vineyards are composed of 180 acres (73 ha) of Catawba, Vignoles, Chardonel, Concord, Norton, Chambourcin, Seyval and Rougeon grapes.