Stone Hill Winery is a Missouri wine

Missouri wine

Missouri Wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Missouri. German immigrants in the early-to-mid-19th century, founded the wine industry in Missouri, resulting in its wine corridor being called the Missouri "Rhineland". Later Italian immigrants also entered wine production....

ry located in Hermann, Missouri

Hermann, Missouri

Hermann is a city designated in 1842 as the county seat of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States. It is near the center of the Missouri Rhineland and south of the Missouri River. The population was 2,674 at the 2000 census....

, along the Missouri River

Missouri River

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, in what is called the Missouri Rhineland

Missouri Rhineland

The Missouri Rhineland is a geographical area of Missouri that extends from west of St. Louis to slightly east of Jefferson City, located mostly in the Missouri River Valley on both sides of the river...

 of the Hermann AVA

Hermann AVA

The Hermann AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Gasconade County, Missouri, and entirely contained within the larger Ozark Mountain AVA. The wine appellation is located on the southern side of the Missouri River near the town of Hermann, about halfway between St. Louis and Jefferson City...

. It has additional facilities in Branson

Branson, Missouri

Branson is a city in Taney County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was named after Reuben Branson, postmaster and operator of a general store in the area in the 1880s....

 and New Florence

New Florence, Missouri

New Florence is a city in Montgomery County, Missouri, United States. The population was 764 at the 2000 census.It includes a branch of Stone Hill Winery, based in Hermann, Missouri. From here to the St...

. Established by German

Germans

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 immigrants in 1847, it is the largest winery in the state.

History

At the turn of the 20th century, Stone Hill Winery was the second-largest winery in the United States and the third-largest in the world; it produced 1,250,000 gallons in 1900. Its wine had won numerous awards in international fairs, including Vienna

Vienna

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 in 1873, Philadelphia in 1876, and St. Louis in 1904.Due to Prohibition

Prohibition

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, the winery was closed in 1920, along with virtually all others in the nation. During this time, the family earned money by using its wine cellars to grow mushrooms for sale until 1965.

In 1965 the Held family made Stone Hill Winery the first in Missouri to be re-established.

Its main building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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(NHRP).