Cellardoor Winery DeChaunac

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I can report on some of the Missouri wineries, our family farm is ~ 15 miles from one Missouri AVA, ~ 35 miles from another.

I usually ignore the 'tourist' wineries along the interstate highways & ignore almost every wineries sweet, inexpensive generic red & white wines. They're made to sell to winery tourists/visitors whose good manners make them want to 'buy something' even if they don't like dry wines.

You're left with some very nice French Hybrid red (Norton/Cynthiana) & white (Vidal, Vignoles and Seyval) wines being made here. A few surprisingly nice 'ports' and late-harvest wines as well. Here are 3 of my favorite Missouri wineries/wines.

Near St. Louis, I like the vintage port from:

http://www.augustawinery.com/

Near our middle-of-nowhere farm and a family favorite, I enjoy the Cynthiana made by Swiss-born Heinrich of:

http://www.heinrichshaus.com/List/list.html

I also recommend a stop in the nice old German rivertown, Hermann, MO and a visit to:

http://www.stonehillwinery.com/

More info on MO wines here:

http://missouriwine.org/frame_wineries.html