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Grapes from the first AVA in the U.S.

Nearly three decades ago, the first AVA in the U.S. was approved for Augusta, Missouri and Mt. Pleasant Winery produced the first AVA-designated wine.

Augusta (AVA)

Lucian Dressel – A Talk with the Man
Behind the first AVA in the U.S.

by Joe Pollack
September 18, 2007

Lucian Dressel’s place in North American wine history is secure. He is the person responsible for little Augusta, Mo., receiving the first AVA designation in the United States. But that was then, what about now? What is this American wine visionary up to? A lot, as you’ll see.

Lucian Dressel was one of the pioneers in the rebirth of the Missouri wine industry in the 1960s and ‘70s and its growth in quality and popularity over the next two decades. Now he’s trying again in nearby Illinois at the Mary Michelle Winery in Carrollton, where he is general manager and winemaker.

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