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BY SARAH SMARTMAY 3, 2007 | 12:00 A.M. CST
Living in a state with 67 wineries, you probably think it’s impossible to hit every one of them. How canyou possibly choose? Some of them boast awardwinning wine; others have caves to drink in andwagons to ride; some have beautiful blufftop views. But whether you love treating yourselfluxuriously, crave an adventure or only drink the finest wine, you’ll be sure to find a few places to sipwhile you embark on a day trip through Missouri wine country.
FOR THE LUMINARYAdam Puchta Winery and Stone Hill Winery
FOR THE GOURMETLes Bourgeois Vineyards, Native Stone Winery and Summit Lake Winery
FOR THE ADVENTURERCave Vineyard, Crown Valley Vineyard and Charleville Vineyard Winery
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Day tripping and wine sipping ... adventurerUncorking the best Missouri Vineyards
Cave Vineyard, Ste. Genevieve, 180 miles southeast of Columbia
COURTESY OF CAVE VINEYARD
The wine you’ll drink at Cave Vineyard washarvested from 14 acres of grapes.
Charleville Vineyard Winery, Ste. Genevieve, 161 miles southeast of Columbia
COURTESY OF CHARLEVILLE VINEYARDWINERY
After a long day of driving (and drinking), aweekend stay at Charleville’s bed andbreakfast will recharge your energy.
Crown Valley Winery, Ste. Genevieve, 161 miles from Columbia
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BY SARAH SMARTMAY 3, 2007 | 12:00 A.M. CST
FOR THE ADVENTURER: SAINTE GENEVIEVEIf you love to drink wine but crave something more extraordinary than a standard wineanddinevineyard, start at Cave Vineyard for a glass underground, then head east to Charleville Vineyards andspend the night at Bruckerhoff. These two wineries will be enough after you spend so much time onthe road. In the late morning, after you’ve awoken from a heavy sleep, drive to Crown Valley for awine wagon romp with wild animals.
21084 Cave RoadSte. Genevieve, MO 636705735435284
Calling card: The winery is named for Saltpetre Cave on thevineyard’s property. The cave functions as the wine cellar,tasting room and picnic area.Reason to go: You can drink wine inside the cave. After youpurchase a bottle, you can walk about 10 minutes to the cave’sopening, or you can ride the shuttle on weekends if you’vealready had a lot to drink.Best varietal: The 2004 Traminette is an interesting nose oflicorice and rose petal taste and won a silver medal at theMissouri Wine Competition.Food and other fare: Bring your own picnic basket; there is norestaurant. You can also ask the staff to pack you a cheese and sausage basket to take on your caveadventure.Price range: Bottles cost between $13 and $20.Reward your designated driver with: a scary ghost story inside the cave.
Map it!Cave Vineyard
16937 Boyd RoadSte. Genevieve, MO 636705737564537
Calling card: The tasting room and patio are located in abucolic, rural setting above the Saline Creek Valley. Hiking trailsrun nearby. Reason to go: Sleep it off at the Bruckerhoff Cabin, open Fridayand Saturday nights. The cabin is a refurbished bed andbreakfast originally built in the 1800s. Although rickety in outsideappearances, the cabin is sturdy and has large, handmadecedar log beds.Best varietal: The Francois is a mixture of several different redgrape varietals. It is lightbodied and dry and goes with justabout anything. Like many of their other wines, it is aged inMissouri oak.Food and other fare: No restaurant here, only sausage and cheese samples. The Bruckerhoff Cabindoes send you off with a large country breakfast, though.Price range: Free tasting. Wines range from $12 to $25 a bottle.Reward your designated driver by: not setting the alarm clock the next morning.
Map it!Charleville Vineyard Winery
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At Crown Valley Winery, you can take awinery tour and sample various varietals for$8.
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23589 State Route WWSte. Genevieve, MO 636705737569463
Calling card: This wine empire extends to the Port House inClarksville and the only Champagne House in the Midwest. TheChampagne House is the site of antique wine equipment andbubbly in production.Reason to go: Wagon rides, offered during the late spring andearly fall, take you to fields in which antelope frolic and buffaloroam. The ride will also give you a closeup look at thevineyards and lasts about a half hour. A glass of wine isincluded in the price — don’t spill!Best varietal: The Tasters Guild Wine Competition elected their2002 and 2003 Chambourcin (red) and their 2003 MalvasiaBianca (white) to receive gold medals.Food and other fare: The Crown Valley Bistro supplies boxed lunches and snacks to complementyour wine.Price range: Wine tasting costs $5 per person for a choice of seven wines, and a tour and tasting (byreservation only) costs $8. Wagon rides cost $8.Reward your designated driver with: a premium cigar, available at the bistro.
Map it!Crown Valley Winery
FOR THE LUMINARYAdam Puchta Winery and Stone Hill Winery
FOR THE GOURMETLes Bourgeois Vineyards, Native Stone Winery and Summit Lake Winery
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Adam Puchta Winery, Hermann, 65 miles from Columbia
COURTESY OF MISSOURIWINE.ORG
Adam Puchta Winery has been family ownedfor more than 150 years. It can producenearly 62,000 gallons of wine.
Stone Hill Winery, Hermann, 65 miles from Columbia
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Before Prohibition (in the early 1900s), StoneHill Winery was turning out 1,250,000 gallonsof wine per year.
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BY SARAH SMARTMAY 3, 2007 | 12:00 A.M. CST
FOR THE LUMINARY: HERMANNIndulge in the best wine and star treatment in Hermann at Stone Hill and Adam Puchta wineries. First,spend an afternoon at Adam Puchta, where you can sample the kinds of appetizers that taste bestwith any wine, and then take a 20minute drive to Stone Hill for a tour and dinner at their VintageRestaurant.
1947 Frene Creek RoadHermann, MO 650414865596
Calling card: It’s the oldest winery in the U.S. still owned andoperated by the original family. The Puchta family has beencaring for it since 1855.Reason to go: The scenic drive up to the winery takes yououtside Hermann and across a rickety bridge over Frene Creek.The tasting room and bistro, which is only open for specialevents, are nestled among spacious fields and picnic areas.Best varietal: Jazz Berry, raspberry juice added to grape wine,has a unique taste for a sweet wine. Also, the 2003 Norton wasa 2006 Jefferson Cup nominee, an invitationonly winecompetition, and the 2002 Norton won the Cup in 2005. Food and other fare: The staff encourages you to try foodsamples with your wine (sip, nibble and sip again) and supplies gourmet snacks, such as flavoredstraws. Key lime and spicy cheese are just a few of the flavor options. Price range: Tasting is free. Jazz Berry runs around $13; other bottles range from $1020.Reward your designated driver with: gourmet sausages and cheeses, and bleu cheesestuffedolives.
Map it!Adam Puchta Winery
1110 Stone Hill HighwayHermann, MO 650418009099463
Calling card: It was the second largest winery in the country atthe turn of the century, and it is the state’s most decoratedwinery.Reason to go: The winery tour takes you from the old familyhomestead into the chilly, vaulted cellars that took 22 years toconstruct in the late 1800s. The winery ages its wine inEuropean and American oak right next to newer steel vattechnology.Best varietal: The winery’s 2003 Norton won gold medals atcontests in San Francisco and Long Beach, among othercompetitions. The 2005 Vignoles fared just as well in theMissouri State Fair Wine Competition. Food and other fare: The Vintage Restaurant offers German foods sidebyside with Americancuisine. You can order vintage Norton by the glass to go with your steak, but you’ll wish you weretaking home a bottle.Price range: Tasting is free. A bottle of 2006 Norton goes for $19, but most of their whites range inprice from $9 to $16. Reward your designated driver with: a “grape stomp” Tshirt.
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Map it!Stone Hill Winery
FOR THE GOURMETLes Bourgeois Vineyards, Native Stone Winery and Summit Lake WineryFOR THE ADVENTURERCave Vineyard, Crown Valley Vineyard and Charleville Vineyard Winery
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Les Bourgeois Vineyards, Rocheport, 15 miles from Columbia
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VINEYARDS
If you’d rather enjoy the outdoors for a little
longer, you can bike to Les Bourgeois on the
MKT Trail.
Native Stone Winery, Jefferson City, 35 miles south of Columbia
COURTESY OF NATIVE STONE WINERY
Native Stone Winery acknolwedges
Missouri’s roots with its Lewis and Clark
hiking trail.
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BY SARAH SMARTMAY 3, 2007 | 12:00 A.M. CST
FOR THE GOURMET: ROCHEPORT, JEFFERSON CITY AND HOLTS SUMMITThe gourmet doesn’t have to go far for some of the best wine and food in Missouri. Travel in a loop byfirst going west to Rocheport for lunch because it’s close. Then follow the Lewis & Clark Trail(Highway 179) down to Native Stone in Jefferson City for the afternoon if you have a beer drinker inyour group. On the way back to Columbia, stop at Holts Summit to visit Summit Lake for dinner. Priorknowledge of wine is expected, and the ability to selfnavigate is key. This trip is for connoisseursonly.
14020 W. Highway BBRocheport, MO 652795736982174
Calling card: Les Bourgeois’ wine and food is some ofMissouri’s best, says Doug Frost of Kansas City, one of threepeople in history to achieve the distinctions of Master Sommelierand Master of Wine.Reason to go: It’s close. A 15minute drive makes this wineryattractive to many Columbia wine drinkers.Best varietal: The interestingly named, nonvintage RiverboatRed, a sweet wine known affectionately to locals as “RoboRed,”is one of their bestselling in the wholesale market.Food and other fare: The AFrame wine garden offers wine bythe glass or bottle and simple snacks to picnic with. For heavierfare, the Blufftop Bistro (all timberframe, that is, made out ofwood) has a seasonally changing menu featuring produce grown in their garden and has a uniquelocation overlooking the Missouri River.Price range: “Tastes are free. Tips are appreciated,” states a sign on the front counter. You canupgrade to B.E.S.T. (Bourgeois extra special tastes) status, in which you get to taste all the wines onthe menu as well as wines not yet released, and you can keep your glass — all for $8. Most bottlesrange from $9 to $18.Reward your designated driver: Let him or her pet one of the “cats in a box” (not for sale) in thetasting room.
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Les Bourgeois Vineyards
4301 Native Stone RoadJefferson City, MO 651095735848600
Calling card: Lewis and Clark named this area during theirexpedition — the winery has a rich tradition of honoring theexploratory pair.Reason to go: A twomile (round trip) hiking trail on the estateleads to Bull Rock Brewery, where you can sip raspberry alesand “bloody beers” (beer mixed with tomato or clamato juice) ifyou get tired of wine.Best varietal: Their Chambourcin and Norton port have wonmedals in the Governor’s Cup competition.Food and other fare: The Corps of Discovery restaurant offersgourmet eats, such as salmon dip, chicken chardonel and crèmebrulee. Intriguing titles complement the dishes. Sacagawea’squesadilla comes to mind.
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Summit Lake Winery, Holts Summit, 30 miles south of Columbia
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A dining secret: The restaurant only serves
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Price range: Tasting is free. Wines are $5.50 by the glass, and bottles cost from $14 to $22. Thebrewery’s beer costs $3 for pints and $10 for pitchers.Reward your designated driver with: a big bear hug.
Map it! Native Stone Winery
1707 S. Summit DriveHolts Summit, MO 650435738969966
Calling card: The patio dining was voted “Best Outdoor DiningExperience” in MidMissouri Mature Living. The winery alsofeatures a wide selection of French hybrid and Native Americanwines.Reason to go: The winery perches on a high hill, and the patiois perfect for gazing into the small lake below. Sit around thecozy fireplace in case of inclement weather.Best varietal: This winery features innovative wines, such as SoBlue, a blend of four different grapes: Vidal Blanc, Seyval,Vivant and Riesling grapes. Bottle sales from wines named afterlocal parishes (St. Andrew, for example, a full and peppery wine)result in donations to these parishes.Food and other fare: Outoftheordinary cuisine is paired with the wines. Items such as asiago andartichoke dip appear on the menu next to classics such as salmon and shrimp.Price range: Tasting is free. The lunch menu is less expensive than the dinner menu, and glasses ofwine range from $4 to $9.Reward your designated driver with: chocolate fondue.
Map it! Summit Lake Winery
FOR THE LUMINARYAdam Puchta Winery and Stone Hill Winery
FOR THE ADVENTURERCave Vineyard, Crown Valley Vineyard and Charleville Vineyard Winery
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