The Flourishing Missouri Wine Industry and Visiting Stone Hill, Home of the Norton Grape
Oct. 28, 2012 – I am in St. Louis for two days preparing to embark on a Mississippi River Board cruise where we will celebrate the Historic Wineries of America. As part of the pre-cruise outings, we spent an afternoon driving about one hour west of the city to the small town of Hermann, home to some of the oldest wineries in Missouri, including the famous Stone Hill Winery that I have wanted to visit for years. According to the listing on the Missouri Wine Roads app there are around 120 wineries in Missouri. They were primarily settled by German [...]