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Missouri vs. Kansas tasteoff

From Fat City weekly: "And with a bottle of red in each hand, I set out to discover which wine should represent the region as the table wine of choice."

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Missouri's Coopers's Oak cabernet sauvignon

From the Show-Me Eats blog: "Their cabernet sauvignon is one of the better Missouri wines – nay, one of the better cabs period – I’ve had in a long time."

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Pruning grapevines in Missouri

A video, from the Wines World blog.

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2009 vintages in Missouri, Illinois

Missouri and Illinois winemakers hope that last year's wet and cool weather translates to a decent vintage. Rainy weather delayed harvests, while some wineries are working with fewer grapes because of lower yields and there are questions about grape quality.

Missouri wine, Illinois wine

Missouri wine christens sub

From the great Joe Pollack in the on-line wine magazine Palate Press: "When a bottle of Stone Hill 2001 Blanc de Blancs Sparkling Wine was broken across the bow of the U.S.S. Missouri recently, it was not only a tribute to the winemaker, the winery and the state of Missouri, but also a nod to history."

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Missouri wine country

The Wine Making blog looks at Missouri, "American's first wine country."

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University of Missouri winery

With video! Missouri, of course, is one of the most important regional wine states in the country, and the number of its wineries has almost doubled in the past five years.

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Wine tourism picks up in Missouri

State officials say that Missourians are trying to save money and so are buying local wines more often.

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Missouri highlights the norton grape

Marcia Vanderlip in the Columbia Daily Tribune: “Norton seems to be moving up in the world of red wines. More than a handful of Missouri winemakers continue to win state, national and international competitions. They are also improving both growing and winemaking techniques.” And it even has its own Riedel glass.

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CNN highlights Missouri, Virginia

Or, as DLW’s Dave McIntyre noted, two out of four ain’t bad.

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