Wineries say the 2007 crop has a new look, but a distinct taste. Wine makers had to adjust to the crop losses by bringing a little extra help.

Though wine producers had a smaller crop after unparalleled losses, they made adjustments throughout the year, and despite the crop crisis, they say this year's wines are some of their best. After a sharp spring freeze Missouri wine growers thought they lost 90% of their crop or more. They had to wait until the end of the season to see those losses level off.

"We had that week of winter weather and two nights of 18. At first the state thought we lost 95% of the grape crop," Patty Held-Uthlaut of Stone Hill Winery said. "But then some varieties pushed secondary buds and it actually turned out that we lost 60% of the crop."

Many wine growers were put over a barrel, losing their Missouri label because of the frost. Despite the dormant vines producers made their wines with the help of grapes from other states.

"We did have a small crop of certain varieties," Held-Uthlaut said. "Some varieties we had none, no grapes at all, but we did have to buy a lot of juicer grapes from outside of the state."

Still, 75 percent of the wine must be made from Missouri grapes to carry a Missouri label. So, this year some of the bottles read "American made."

"The quality from the 2007 harvest of the small crop that we had is quite good," said Held-Uthlaut.

Stone Winery says they worried people wouldn't come to the winery because of the known losses, but wine enthusiasts still made their way to Missouri Wine Country for the Hermann Wine Trail. The trail connects seven Hermann wineries. Wine tasters drive to each winery testing their palate against a wide variety of wines. One wine enthusiast says the wineries have a robust feeling not just from the wine but also the wine makers.

"They're very sincere people here as wine fans, not as snobs just for information, they're very sincere about their wine," said Don Curtis a wine trail participant.

They say there's a bottle for everyone and if you don't know your particular palate, Stone Winery says this is the year. If you missed the event you can go to the Chocolate Wine Trail in February just in time for Valentine's Day.