Wine regions of the United States: Missouri
Missouri is one of the United States’s lesser-known wine regions
Missouri is one of the United States’s lesser-known wine regions, but it has a long history of winemaking. French settlers were making wine here as early as the 1790s. One of its most famous wines is Norton, an obscure grape variety that many in the wine business pushed for years to have recognized as America’s first grape and wine. While native grapes certainly have a place in American viticulture, there are plenty of other varieties grown in Missouri today.
Catawba is another native variety that grows well in Missouri. It’s… Read more