This American region becomes the next Napa Valley
This may only be the "Napa Valley" of the Midwest.
When you thinkthe HighVINEYARDS AND WINDOWS In the United States, Napa Valley and the County of Sonoma are probably coming to mind. After all, California alone account for85% of the national wine production, with Washington, Oregon and New York as a result of the next largest producers (speaking in the country, of course).
However, there is another less-known wine region that would have been the capital "OG" of the American wine industry. Before the Napa Valley became the epicenter of American wine, the producer of the Missouri River was the Missouri Valley. Now the state of Missouri is back as the main producer of Midwest wine.
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The Missouri River is theThe longest river in North AmericaAnd it extends over the 100 miles connecting Saint-Louis and Jefferson City. Despite the incoherent climate of this region (think of wet summers and frigid winters), there are other geographic elements that make the area adapted to growing wine grapes.
"German settlers emigrated by thousands of the Missouri River Valley in the 19th century"Food and winereported. "... his rail slopes and exposed to the sun offered a huge topography for immigrants to plant their vineyards. And plant their vines they did."
In the 1800s, the state produced as many wine as any other state of the nation, largely thanks to the Stone Hill vineyard located in the city of Hermann. At one point, Stone Hill was the third vignoture in the world, producing about 2 million gallons of wine a year.
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On June 20, 1980, Augusta, Mo., became the first American wine area, about eight months before the Napa Valley won its AVA designation. For the context, AVA is a specific type of appellation of origin used on the wine labels, by theTax and Trade Office of Alcohol and Tobacco.
More recently, David and Jerri Hoffmann, Florida-based conglomerate business founders, bought more than 1,000 acres of land in the Augusta area to try to put the Missouri on the map as a player. key of the wine industry. If you are traveling in the small town, you will notice several vineyards, four wineries and a breakfast bed.
With this new redesign, the Mount Pleasant Estates (Aka Augusta's Oiilest Winery) will double its current production of 25,000 cases per year. The other three wineries will also be equipped with improved infrastructure to increase the annual number of bottles produced and improve the quality and presentation of wine.
So, who headed for the Missouri for their next wine escape?
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