St. Louis, MOWineries

This vineyard sits above the Osage Valley, with cabanas and a 5,000-square-foot deck overlooking a spring-fed lake. Try State of Mind Brut, a sparkling wine made by the Champagne method, with blackened mahi mahi and pineapple-mango chutney. The winery has offered Wednesday dinners. Dogs on leads and supervised children are welcome; live music plays on some weekends.

About forty miles west of the city, this winery has a lake, gardens, terraces and a veranda over the Missouri River Valley. Try Heath's Dry Vignoles, with peach and pineapple notes, alongside the Farmer's Board of meats, cheeses, nuts and pickled vegetables. Dogs on leads and supervised children are welcome.

Sugar Creek sits on a bluff between Defiance and Augusta near the Katy Trail. Covered decks and pavilions overlook the Missouri River Valley. Its wine list has included fourteen options, from Cynthian to Boone Country White. Pair the latter with picnic food; dogs on leads and supervised children are welcome.

Montelle was founded in 1970 and was Missouri's first winery with a distillery, now producing peach, apple, cherry and grape brandies. Try the Norton, with raspberry, mulberry, elderberry and toasted-oak flavors, on the deck over the Missouri River Valley. Live music plays on some weekends.

This hilltop winery above Grafton overlooks the meeting of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. The property also has a zipline, aerial lift and Illinois's first alpine coaster. Its wine list runs to roughly forty to sixty options, while the food menu includes duck breast, drunken mussels, seared tuna, flatbreads, salads and sandwiches.