‘Mormon Land’: Brigham’s wine mission — How it thrived, what it produced, why it became a problem and ultimately died
Unlike today, the faith’s Word of Wisdom was different then. Latter-day Saints made — and drank — wine for home and church services.
(Virginia Mayo | AP) This 2014 photo shows grapes growing on the vine in France. But southern Utah also was home once to a thriving wine industry, one commissioned by Brigham Young of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.