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Feature Article
Winemaker Daniel Alcorso is using Australian techniques and winemaking philosophy to make Crown Valley wines appellation-distinctive.
Crown Valley Winery on the Way Up with a Down Under Winemaker
Some people have told me, ‘You can’t make good wine in Missouri.’ Well, we can. We are.
~Daniel Alcorso, winemaker, Crown Valley Winery
by
Tim Pingelton
July 23, 2007
I arrived an hour early at Crown Valley Winery, located in the Missouri section of the Ozark Mountain appellation, so I could have some time to explore the property. My host was to be Daniel Alcorso, Crown Valley’s relatively new winemaker. Mr. Alcorso was raised in Australia and worked at his grandfather’s winery in Tasmania. He also worked at respected wineries in Australia, New Zealand, Virginia, and California. As I discovered, he was a man who really knew winemaking.
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