Early grape harvest in Missouri in 2024: low yield but high quality




COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri’s grape harvest this year is, for the most part, early throughout the state. The reason for the early harvest is the low crop yield, which is mainly due to frost last spring, according to Dean Volenberg, interim director of the University of Missouri Grape and Wine Institute and viticulture program leader.

“The good news is the grape quality is very high this year; it should be a very good vintage,” Volenberg said.