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Nicholas Longworth, a millionaire, is known as the “Father of the American Wine Industry.� He was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1783 and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1803, the same year Ohio became a state.
Originally built in 1820 by wealthy Cincinnati industrialist Martin Baum, Longworth continued to live at Belmont, the name given to his new estate, until his death.
Not surprisingly Longworth’s interest in botany and practical experience with gardening led him to establish a vineyard in 1823.
He envisioned Cincinnati hillsides, often unfit for other agricultural pursuits, covered with vines tended by experienced German farmers who first started turning up in Cincinnati in the 1830’s and in ever larger numbers for the next several decades.
By 1850 the value of those properties had risen to $2.4millions dollars.[v]
The infrastructure he developed by the 1850’s, in support of his vineyards, was impressive.
By 1858 he was aging 300,000 bottles in his cellars . Longworth’s wine gamble had payed off, adding to his wealth, though his success as a vintner was short lived.
Wine production peaked in 1859 with an estimated 568,000 gallons bottled across Greater Cincinnati.
By 1860 the dream of turning Cincinnati and vicinity into an “American Rhineland” built on vineyards was fading fast.
Nicholas Longworth died in Cincinnati in 1863 at the age of 80.
[vi] Cincinnati: The Queen City: Goss, Charles F., 1912, Volume IV, p.6
[xvi] A History of Wine in America; Pinney, Thomas; 1989, p.161,
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