Missouri Wine - Norton, Augusta Ava, Friedrich Munch, Ozark Highlands Ava, Hermann Ava, Ozark Mountain Ava, List of Wineries in Missouri (Paperback)

Chapters: Norton, Augusta Ava, Friedrich Munch, Ozark Highlands Ava, Hermann Ava, Ozark Mountain Ava, List of Wineries in Missouri. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Missouri Wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Missouri. German immigrants in the early to mid-1800s, founded the wine industry in Missouri, resulting in its wine corridor being called the "Rhineland." Later Italian immigrants also entered wine production. In the mid-1880s, more wine was produced by volume in Missouri than in any other state. Before Prohibition, Missouri was the second-largest wine-producing state in the nation. Missouri had the first area recognized as a federally designated American Viticultural Area with the Augusta AVA acknowledged on June 20, 1980. There are now four AVAs in Missouri. In 2009 there were 92 wineries operating in the state of Missouri. Native Americans cultivated local varieties of grapes. These species were developed further by later German and Italian immigrants. German immigrants to the Missouri River valley established vineyards and wineries on both sides of the river. Hermann, Missouri, settled by Germans in 1837, had ideal conditions to grow grapes for wine. By 1848 winemakers there produced 10,000 US gallons (37,900 l) per year, expanding to 100,000 US gallons (378,500 l) per year by 1856. Overall, the state produced 2,000,000 US gallons (7,570,800 l) per year by the 1880s, the most of any state in the nation. Stone Hill Winery in Hermann became the second largest in the nation (and the third largest in the world), shipping a million barrels of wine by the turn of the century. Its wines won awards at world fairs in Vienna in 1873 and Philadelphia in 1876. In the mid-19th century, the phylloxera louse destroyed muc...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=116988