When looking for a good wine region to visit, Kansas City has plenty of excellent options. The KC winery choices are varied, as are the type and flavours of wine from this part of the country.
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Kirk Berggren was in Shanghai, on the job as a pilot for Federal Express when his wife called to tell him she’d bought a vineyard. For years, Berggens had run The KC Pumpkin Patch, but after losing the land lease, they were looking for a new site-for a pumpkin patch, not a vineyard.
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In the brief time after COVID-19 vaccinations and before the surge of the Delta and Omicron variants, my husband, Jerry Eisterhold, and I trepidaciously accepted an invitation to the Veneto region of Italy to celebrate the Italian premiere of the prizewinning documentary, “Vitis Prohibita (Forbidden Grapes)”.
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Last summer, I went to an upscale wine bar in the East Village, Manhattan. The waiter informed me that the menu’s theme that week was “unusual wines.” My mind immediately went to a rare type of wine I’d become interested in. Excited, I asked if they had any made with grapes native to the Americas.
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Hidalgo, Wetumka, Norton, Cloeta. If you haven’t heard these names before, they are American heritage or American native wine grape varieties. And they are just a few of the dozens of native grape varieties being grown at TerraVox or Vox Vineyards, just outside of Kansas City, Missouri.
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One of the most fascinating corners of the wine world today is Weston, Mo., where TerraVox winery is cultivating grapes native to North America. What are these heritage grapes? Chances are you’ve never heard of them.
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A handful of California winemakers are convinced that long-maligned hybrid grape varieties are the future. Matthew Niess will soon be working with about 60 different hybrid grape varieties planted throughout Northern California.
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Native North American grapes are attractive to farmers for their potential to withstand climate change. But do they taste any good? I felt pretty strongly anti-hybrid before I started reporting my latest feature. Hybrids, in the context of wine, refer to grapevines that are genetic crossings of two different grape species. If this sounds like an innocuous subject, trust me, it's not.
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If you find yourself in the Missouri wine region, or are looking for a unique Rose’ to order online, the one we like best is the 2018 TerrraVox Sunny Slope Rose’—which can, as we mentioned before, be enjoyed even when it’s not sunny. Our team of tasters found this to be wonderfully fresh and fruity, but not cloyingly sweet.
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You can read on our blog about Norton, which is the official grape of the State of Missouri. So, as you might imagine, we tasted a lot of Norton from Missouri. In fact, we tasted so much Norton that here we give you the five best:
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We were quite astonished at the quality of the port style/dessert wines that we had from Missouri. Our tasters gave glowing reviews to many different bottles that they tried. We will post about some of the others we tasted in the future but the best of them was the 2016 TerraVox Norton RePort.
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The 10 Best Wines We Tasted From Missouri Overall Were:
Stone Hill Moscato
2016 Montelle Norton Reserve
2016 Stone Hill Chambourcin
2017 Noboleis Carbonated Brut Rose’
2017 Augusta Norton
2016 Eagles’ Landing Viognier
2016 TerraVox Norton RePort
Meet your next Brewhouse One Limited Release - Sparkling Heritage Red Wine made from Missouri Norton Grapes. Yep, you read that right: wine. This wine was made in collaboration with our friends and expert vintners at Terravox Winery in 2020 during the Norton grape harvest near Weston, Missouri.
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Awards Announcement:
TerraVox 2018 Norton Proprietor’s Reserve wins Best of Class
TerraVox 2019 Cloeta wins Bronze
TerraVox 2019 Chateauneuf-du-Platte wins Bronze
TerraVox 2019 Wetumka wins Gold
TerraVox 2019 Vignoles Proprietor’s Reserve wins Silver
When many think of the Midwest, its diverse wine industry doesn’t always come to mind. “America’s Heartland” is better known for its endless corn and wheat fields, abundant dairy farms and brutal winters. But for generations, farmland has also been cultivated to grow table and wine grapes. Vintners and winemakers create unique, noteworthy wines on breathtaking vineyards.
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March is designated as Women’s History Month and we want to take this time to recognize those that are laying the foundations today for those who will follow in their footsteps in the years to come. These women serve in many different capacities, each works diligently to uphold the quality and reputation of Missouri’s wines.
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Although Vox Vineyards doesn’t have an on-site tasting room (they share tasting space with Green Dirt Farm in Weston), they’re not alone in facing pandemic-related business challenges in addition to unexpected tasting room closures.
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March is designated as Women’s History Month. While we remember women who have played a vital role in our state’s winemaking history, we also recognize key female players at Missouri’s wineries. Although these women serve in many different capacities, each works diligently to uphold the quality and reputation of Missouri’s wines.
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As you sip your favorite wines, do you ever stop and think about the grapes in your glass? You might be surprised to discover that some of Missouri’s wines are made from American heritage grapes, varietals that grew in North American soil long before European settlers set foot on the shore.
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