Which Winegrapes to Grow in Missouri?
Which Winegrapes to Grow in Missouri?
Mar 29, 2010 6
Columbia, Mo. -- What winegrapes should growers plant in Missouri? What grapes would winemakers like to make wine from? Dr. Keith Striegler, director of the University of Missouri’s Institute for Continental Climate Viticulture and Enology (ICCVE) in Columbia, Mo., and Dr. Marco Li Calzi, enology program leader at ICCVE, want to know the answers to these two questions.
Li Calzi told Wines & Vines, “We would like to give options to established growers and wineries, as well as to the new growers who are just coming into the industry. Five years ago, there were 50 wineries in Missouri; now there are 100. This is a service for the industry, so growers can pick from a bigger selection of varieties for their plantings.”
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