America’s rich tradition of wine making began in earnest in the 1800′s, when European immigrants brought their skills to various unsettled areas of the country. A few decades before California and other west coast wine producing states were settled, many eastern and midwestern states had thriving wine industries. In the 1830′s, a group of German immigrants made their way to the Missouri river valley, west of St. Louis near the present town of Hermann, Missouri.These early settlers noted how the topography and climate of the river valley resembled their European …
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