Eagles' Landing

Eagles' Landing is led by Mary and Eric Taylor on Eric's maternal grandfather's Cardetti estate in Rosati, Missouri, with a tasting room in St. James. The winery revives a family legacy: the Cardettis have maintained the vineyard and property since the turn of the twentieth century, originally growing Concord, Niagara, and Stark's Star, and Ricardo and Peno Cardetti operated a small winery in the early 1940s before it closed due to the war. Eric, an Advanced Sommelier, makes old-world wines through minimal-intervention methods rooted in Italian, German, and French winemaking, sourcing fruit from small family-operated vineyards across the Ozark Mountain appellation and the Ozark Highlands AVA. The wines focus on Missouri-adapted grapes such as Chambourcin, Chardonel, Traminette, St. Vincent, Norton, and Vignoles, plus a Chambourcin pet-nat and a Missouri clover honey mead. Visitors can take guided tastings, hear the history behind each wine, and pair flights with local meats and cheeses.

Written by Ava from public sources. Not written or reviewed by the winery.