Mount Pleasant Estates Dinner on the Deck
Mount Pleasant Winery, the oldest winery in the first American Viticultural Area (AVA) of Augusta, Missouri, was home to a recent Dinner on the Deck.
The event included tastings beforehand, plus a wine tour of both the newer cellar built in the 1990’s and the original 1880’s cellar. (Mount Pleasant Winery founders, brothers George and Frederick Muench, excavated the original cellar by hand.) Due to the cold October night, dinner was held in the Crush Lounge and featured a pear spinach salad, double cut smoked pork chop, red cabbage, and sweet potato gnocchi paired with the Mount Pleasant Winery Claret. Dessert was Pumpkin Cheesecake with cinnamon whipped cream.
Mount Pleasant will feature another Dinner on the Deck event October 13.
Photo of the original cellar at Mount Pleasant Winery, dug by hand by the founding brothers George and Frederick Muenchwith in the 1880’s. The fireplace is still lit to offset the carbon dioxide that builds up in the cellar.
Whitney Brickner, Event Manager, explains how this cellar built in the 1990’s holds Mount Pleasant Winery’s white wines in French Oak.
Due to the cold October evening, dinner took place in the Crush Lounge, one of the original buildings built in 1881.
Rebecca is the owner of Bauerhaus Design, which specializes in building brands for Midwestern wineries. For more information visit Bauerhaus Design at www.bauerhaus.com
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