Wine snobs beware, Missouri is being noticed more and more for the quality vintages produced from grapes grown in our rocky Missouri river soil. Willoughby would like to extend a well-deserved congratulations to our friend, client and winemaker, Jerry Eisterhold of Vox Vineyards.
Read MoreMost wine lovers are familiar with European varietals such as Cabernet, Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Riesling or Pinot Noir, but these wines come from only one of the world’s many grape species. With its climatic diversity, North America is home to a large number of indigenous grape species whose wine-making potential is untapped.
Read MoreLearn about native American grapes at Vox Vineyards near Kansas City, where innovation is cultivated from ground to glass.
Read MoreWelcome to the fourth installment about my recent 17-day, 4,218-mile road trip to and through the American Midwest and back—which I’m presenting not chronologically but thematically. Today’s theme is wine—American wine—with a focus on the grapes that originated in America.
Read MoreA local winery just won the prestigious “Best Wine” award in Napa Valley. FOX 4’s Rob Collins visited the winery for a look behind the scenes.
Read MoreJerry Eisterhold is getting ready to show the world his garden. While there are a few raised beds outside the enclosed porch of his home near Kansas City, that’s not why he’s sitting around a hand-hewn wooden table with a graphic design group, a pair of wine consultants from California, the single staffer and three volunteer helpers.
Read MoreChef Ted Habiger of Room 39 and Michael Foust of the Farmhouse will host, on two different nights in April, five-course dinners pairing cheeses from Green Dirt Farm and wines produced by the Terra Vox vineyard in Farley, Missouri, just north of Parkville.
Read MoreOn Valentine’s Day, twelve couples made their way 20 minutes northwest of downtown Kansas City, through the romantic rolling hills and fertile soil of the Missouri River Valley to the brand-new tasting room and production facility for Terra Vox, a new Missouri winery from Vox Vineyards.
Read MoreWines made from more than twenty little known grape varieties will be unveiled and tasted at the upcoming Midwest Grape and Wine Conference in St. Charles, Missouri. Among those due to tickle the palates of conference participants, about five originally bred by the legendary 19th century viticulturalist, Thomas Volney Munson.
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