08/05/2026
The wine culture today in the Ozark Highlands is due in part to this endeavor. While many other states were diminishing their grape production due to lingering effects of prohibition, Rosati vineyards were on the climb. There are still acres of old vine Concord planted throughout the region, some of which finds its way into our new sparkling wine.
In the Aug. 3, 1944 edition of the St. James Leader, a full-page article and ad for Welch Grape Juice Company appeared. Welch's had recently started buying grapes from the Rosati area and were processing them at the former Cardetti Winery. August 1944 was also the date that German prisoners of war arrived at a camp in Rosati to work in the vineyards and in the former winery, processing grapes for Welch's which was supplying the government with jelly and juice for the military.