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Brigham Young’s southern Utah wine mission fueled LDS profits, prophecy and alcoholism

The Word of Wisdom wasn’t the same back then. Members not only consumed wine but also manufactured it.

(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) The historic John C. Naegle Big House in Toquerville, Utah. During the height of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' wine mission in the 1800s, Naegle produced 3,000 gallons of Nail’s Best, which was regarded as the finest wine in southern Utah. The upper floors of the structure were used as a polygamous residence while the basement had a wine cellar and distillery.