Missouri Okokuqala
Ubuwazi ukuthi iMissouri kwaba yizwe lokuqala ukuthatha imboni yewayini ngokungathi sína? Nakuba aboMdabu baseMelika belima amagilebhisi kusukela ekuqaleni kwesikhathi, imboni yewayini eMelika yintsha futhi ingalandelelwa ekufudukeni kweJalimane ukuya eMissouri. Iwayini lokuqala elivela kumagilebhisi alinywa endaweni yethulwa ngo-1846 futhi eminyakeni emibili kamuva izindawo zewayini zendawo zakhiqiza amalitha ayi-1000. Ngo-1855, amahektha angu-500 esivini ayesekhiqizwa futhi iwayini lathunyelwa e-St. Louis nakwezinye izindawo eziseduze. Igagasi elilandelayo lokuthuthela kwelinye izwe laletha amaNtaliyane kuhulumeni futhi banikela ngobuchule babo embonini. Maphakathi nekhulu le-19 lesi sifundazwe sase sikhiqiza amawayini amaningi (ngevolumu), kunanoma yisiphi esinye isimo e-USA.
IMissouri kwaba yizwe lokuqala elaqashelwa njenge-American Viticulturally Area (okwamanje bane kuhulumeni) kanti uClayton Byers, umsunguli weMontelle Vineyards (1970) wayengumboni wewayini. Njengamanje le ndawo iphethwe nguTony Koovumiian ophawula ukuthi iwayini lakhe liyimpumelelo ngenxa ye-terroir, microclimate kanye nomlando okuholela ekubeni namawayini, "amasha, anephunga elimnandi, agxilile futhi alinganiselayo," futhi ahlukile - ngenxa yobuciko be umenzi wewayini.
Missouri River kanye noHermann
Imboni yaqala ngasemfuleni iMissouri edolobheni laseHermann. Enye yezindawo zokuqala iwayini kwakuyi-Stone Hill (1847) futhi yaba ngeyesibili ngobukhulu esizweni (futhi ingeyesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni). Bathumela imiphongolo yewayini eyisigidi ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 futhi yawina imiklomelo eVienna (1873) nasePhiladelphia (1876).
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Missouri was the first state recognized as a federally designated American Viticulturally Area (currently there are four in the state) and Clayton Byers, the founder of Montelle Vineyards (1970) was a wine visionary.
- One of the first wineries was Stone Hill (1847) and it became the second largest in the nation (and the third largest in the world).
- They shipped a million barrels of wine by the beginning of the 20th century and it won awards in Vienna (1873) and Philadelphia (1876).
