Rural Missouri - October 2017 - 26

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In need of a tree

Check out Missouri's white oak, wine and whiskey

he Missouri Department of Conservation
is conducting its annual search for a large
Christmas tree for use on the governor's mansion lawn.
Qualifying trees must be about 40 feet tall.
They also are required to be an eastern red cedar,
Norway spruce, or white pine and must be fully
branched on all four sides and accessible by large
equipment for removal.
The right tree may either be near the
end of its life or need to be removed for
other reasons. Once selected, MDC
staff will coordinate the cutting
and delivery of the tree to the Jefferson City mansion at no cost to
the owner. The donor will receive
a personalized thank you from
Gov. Eric Greitens and will be
invited to the lighting ceremony in December.
To nominate a tree, email
photos from multiple angles
and varying distances to
holidaytrees@mdc.mo.gov.
Be sure to include a
contact phone number
and location in your
nomination as well.
Mailed entries with
printed
pictures
should be sent to
Mansion Christmas
Trees,
P.O. Box 180,
Jefferson City,
MO
65102.
All
entries
must be submitted to MDC
by Oct. 10.

M

issouri has it all: wine, whiskey and white
oak. University of Missouri Extension will
toast Missouri's unique contributions to the
wine and whiskey industry during the ﬁrst White
Oak, Whiskey & Wine tour Saturday, Oct. 28.
The tour takes attendees to a white oak forest,
a stave mill and two cooperages where wine and
whiskey barrels are assembled. The event wraps
up at a river bluff winery.
Missouri's 11 wine trails feature more than 130
wineries. The state's $1.76 billion wine industry
produces 7 percent of the country's wine on 1,700

acres of grapes.
The tour highlights Higbee in Randolph County.
There are fewer than 50 master coopers in the
United States and Higbee boasts two of them.
The tour concludes at the Les Bourgeois
Vineyards and Winery at Rocheport where
attendees will see the barreling of wine and hear
from Wood Hat Spirits from Montgomery County.
The 8-hour tour begins and ends in Columbia
and is limited to 40 people. Cost is $50. To register,
contact Sharon Burnham at 573-882-7242 or
burnhams@missouri.edu.

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