Enjoy feature articles and opinion
pieces about Missouri wine in this section.
| Hermann: A Rhineland Village on the Missouri |
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Germans drink
wine, too. And that goes a long way toward accounting
for Hermann, Mo. It explains why the German settlers
who fled Philadelphia formality and founded Hermann in
the 1830s planted grape arbors on the steep Missouri
River hills 80 miles west of St. Louis. It explains why
the wineries survived and the breweries didn’t,
and why many of the wines made in Hermann are white,
light and sweet.
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| Missouri's
Terroir d'Exception |
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MU Professor Elizabeth Barham believes Missouri's
winemakers and small farmers should take a page from
France, banding together to produce and market items whose
names become so synonymous with the virtues of the local
environmental and cultural surroundings that they would
bear its name, or appellation, exclusively. The French,
she adds, think this is a great idea.
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| Uniqueness
of Place: Missouri Terroir |
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Terroir
is a scary looking word. Yet, take a closer look. Terroir
is actually a warm, fuzzy word. Just consider its general
translation: a sense of place. In culinary terms, terroir
describes an area’s geography, climate
and social features, especially those associated with
viticulture. (Part 1 of our series on Missouri "terroir")
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| Norton,
America’s True Grape:
Whence, and Whither? |
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Zinfandel is often described as America’s
first and most original gift to the world of wine. Actually,
it’s Norton. Explore Norton's shadowy origins,
discover how Norton landed in Missouri and find out what
makes Missouri's flagship wine and official state grape
so delicious and so special.
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| Editorial:
What's So Bad About Sweet Wine? |
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Every month, wineries in every nook and
cranny of America (and some in the 'prestige' appellations
as well) tally up their sales sheets and count their
profits from bottles whose contents bear little resemblance
to those most-reviewed wines—and not just because
of a difference in terroir.
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