Viticulture in Missouri

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Missouri
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Official name: State of Missouri
Appellation type: State
Year of establishment: 1821
Viticulture tradition since: 1837
Country: United States
Sub-regions: Augusta AVA , Hermann AVA , Ozark Highlands AVA , Ozark Mountain AVA
Grape varieties: Aurore , Baco Noir , Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Carignan , Catawba , Cayuga , Chambourcin , Chardonel , Chardonnay , Chelois , Concord , Couderc Noir , DeChaunac , Delaware , Diamond , Edelweiss , Frontenac , Gewürztraminer , Malbec , Maréchal Foch. , Merlot , Muscat Canelli , Niagara , Noiret , Norton , Rayon d'Or , Reliance , Riesling , Rougeon , Ruby Cabernet , Sangiovese , Sauvignon Blanc , Seyval Blanc , St. Vincent , Syrah , Traminette , Valiant , Vidal Blanc , Vignoles , Villard Blanc , Villard Noir , Vivant , Viognier
Number of wineries: 80

Viticulture in Missouri refers to viticulture in the American state of Missouri . Under U.S. law, every state and county is a protected designation of origin and does not need to be recognized as such by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives .

Due to early settlement and a wine-growing history since 1837, Missouri was still one of the most important growing regions in the United States in the mid-19th century. Well-known winemakers from Missouri were George Hussman (1827–1903) from Hermann , Isidor Bush (1822–1888) from St. Louis and Hermann Jaeger from Neosho . During the European phylloxera crisis, these three winemakers worked closely with the state entomologist Charles Valentine Riley (1843–1895). They sent vines grown in Missouri and resistant to phylloxera to France, where they were used as a base for French noble vines. All in all, vines were imported into France by numerous different American breeders, but the vines from Missouri in particular proved to be particularly suitable for the French climate and the local soil conditions. The vines from Missouri made an important contribution to saving European viticulture with the vines they bred.

As almost everywhere, viticulture came to a standstill as a result of alcohol prohibition .

Today (as of 2008) 80 wineries cultivate the vineyards, which have four sub-regions, the so-called American Viticultural Area . With the Augusta AVA, the state had the first protected designation of origin in the United States with the rank of an American Viticultural Area

Due to the very cool winters in Missouri, there is a significant proportion of French hybrid grapes as well as indigenous descendants of American wild grapes. Since the selection of suitable noble grapes in 1997, viticulture in Missouri has been on the up again.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Appellation America (2008). "Missouri: Appellation Description" . Last view of this page on December 31, 2008.

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