The impact of prohibition was personally and economically devastating, but it also set American winemaking back generations -- not just in Missouri, but nationwide.
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“I remember people knocking on the door at 7:00 at night, [Mom’s] making dinner. They're like, ‘Are you still open?’ ‘I will be just give me a moment.’ She'd run downstairs, and pour them a taste of wine, and sell them a couple bottles, and come back up and finish dinner.”
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In 1970, when Jim and Pat Hofherr opened St. James Winery, they were pioneers in the reemerging American wine industry, and the second commerical winery to open in Missouri post-prohibiton. They positioned the winery's tasting room on I-44, hoping to catch the attention of passersby, a strategy that worked.
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Millions of plants were shipped from Missouri by C. V. Riley, George Husmann, Isidor Bush and Herman Yeager to be grafted onto native European vines, saving them from the phylloxera infestation that was decimating the wine industry in France, Italy, Spain and beyond.
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"I've heard people describe Missouri wines with European grape names. This is like a Pinot Noir, this is like a Cabernet, like a Merlot. That's not true. That's not true any more than a banana tastes like a cherry."
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Stone Hill Winery was founded in 1847 in Hermann, Missouri, and soon grew to be one of the largest wineries in the United States, shipping wines around the world, to Europe and even parts of Asia, in the 19th century.
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No, the country’s first AVA is not Napa. Augusta, located along the Missouri river just an hour outside of St. Louis, is the country's first American Viticultural Area, or AVA.
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Check out the photo gallery of images captured during our screening at Nine PBS in St. Louis and learn a bit about my plans for the next season of tasteMAKERS.
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Pop open a bottle of Norton and settle in to stream Winemaking in Missouri!
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Peter and Brandon Hofherr of St. James Winery joined Cat Neville and Jim Anderson, executive director of Missouri Wines, for a screening of Winemaking in Missouri at the Saint Louis Science Center in September.
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Join us for a special screening of Winemaking in Missouri, and explore the legacy of the Missouri wine industry set against the backdrop of St. Louis’ rich history at Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum.
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Vignoles? Chambourcin? Huh? Use this primer to learn more about the grapes that thrive in Missouri vineyards.
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Winemaking in Missouri: A well-cultivated history, a special hour-long tasteMAKERS documentary, traces the nearly 200-year history of Missouri's rich winemaking past. From phylloxera to prohibition to the impacts of a changing climate, the documentary features wine makers and experts detailing the history of what was, and is again today, one of the state’s leading industries.
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Midwest dairy farmers, including the approximately 500 dairy farm families in Missouri, are proud to support tasteMAKERS’ new documentary, Winemaking in Missouri: A well-cultivated history. Pairing local cheese with wine made in Missouri is a duo that can’t be beat!
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Join us in wine country for the premiere of Winemaking in Missouri: A well-cultivated history, Emmy-winning producer Cat Neville's new documentary on the history of Missouri wine.
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