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Calendar of events
Worldly wines, local flavor
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Welcome to
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Winery Index
Harvest season
in the Yadkin Valley
French Broad
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Celebrate the season
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The juice from
harvested grapes at
Shelton Vineyards
is pumped into
giant tanks to begin
the fermentation
process.
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EDITOR
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Kitsey Burns Harrison
Jennifer Sanders
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Calendar of Events
Oct. 25
• Adagio Vineyards, 139 Benge
Drive, Elkin, will host Tasting Notes
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. featuring live
music from violinists Suzy Perkins and
Jan Wahl. Jan will be playing one of
her hand-crafted violins and, after the
performance, will demonstrate various
violin building techniques. Admission
is free. For more information visit
www.adagiovineyards.com or call 336258-2333.
Oct. 30
• Weathervane Winery, 1452 Welcome-Arcadia Road, Lexington, will
host Halloween at the Winery with
Mark Tuttle of Boogie Nights. For more
information, call 336-701-5235.
Nov. 7
• Adagio Vineyards, 139 Benge
Drive, Elkin, will host Adagio Art
Christmas Ornament Class from 12:30
to 3:30 p.m. Make four decorative ornaments using a variety of materials and
techniques. Class fee of $30 includes
all supplies, instruction and a glass of
wine. Advance registration required,
class size limited. For information, visit
www.adagiovineyards.com or call 336258-2333.
• Shelton Vineyards, 286 Cabernet
Lane, Dobson, will host a murder mystery dinner at 6:30 p.m. with reservations required. For more information,
visit www.sheltonvineyards.com or call
336-366-4724.
• Weathervane Winery, 1452 Welcome-Arcadia Road, Lexington, will
host its annual chicken stew and car
show from noon until with free admission. For more information, call 336701-5235.
Nov. 8
• Adagio Vineyards, 139 Benge
Drive, Elkin, will host Adagio Art
Coaster Class from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Participants will use their own photos
to create custom tile coasters. Class fee
is $30 and includes instructions and
materials to make four coasters and
a glass of wine. Advance registration
required, class size limited. For information, visit www.adagiovineyards.com
or call 336-258-2333.
Nov. 21-22
• Shelton Vineyards, 286 Cabernet
Lane, Dobson, will a holiday open
house with free admission Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from
noon to 5 p.m. Also on Saturday at 6:30
p.m., a flavors of fall dinner will be held
with reservations required. For more
information, visit www.sheltonvineyards.com or call 336-366-4724.
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By Jennifer Sanders
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For the Daily Journal
MOUNT GILEAD — When
entering the gates of the Little
River Vineyards and Winery,
the enchanting vineyards
immediately steal the spotlight.
Countless rows of different grapes make up the lush
landscape. Vineyards grow on
either side of the long gravel
driveway that leads to a historic house perched at the
top of a hill in the Uwharrie
Mountains. Little River Vineyards is full of rustic elegance
and charm.
John Georgius fell in love
with the rolling, panoramic
views of nature’s artwork.
Georgius enjoys the outdoors,
so he purchased 330 acres in
Mount Gilead for hunting,
fishing and the sheer enjoyment of the vast countryside.
It was his passion for travel
that led to his big dream of
growing his own vineyard on
that same land.
It was Georgius’ passion for
travel that introduced him to
an unlimited variety of wines
from different parts of the
world.
“His taste buds sparked at
all the different flavors created
depending the on the grapes
that were grown in different
regions,” said Kim Ballenger,
Georgius’ daughter.
Ballenger’s father said
goodbye to his lucrative and
lofty career as an investment
banker and started growing
A row of award-winning wines sit on the
bar of the tasting room at Little River Winery.
A sign points visitors in the direction of the
vineyard’s tasting room.
Casey Mabe holds a
bottle of Infusion, which
won an award at the
2009 Dixie Classic Fair.
WANT TO GO?
Little River Vineyards and Winery
at 1907 N.C. 73 W., Mount Gilead, is
open year-round. Visitors can stop in
from 10 am. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays
through Saturdays and 1-6 p.m.
Sundays. Visit www.littleriverwines.
com for more information.
These small chardonnay grapes should
be ripe for picking by September.
Photos by William R. Toler | Daily Journal
The house sitting on the property was built in the 1870s.
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Casey Mabe points out the vineyard’s youngest grapevines, 5-year-old chardonnay grapes.
grapes on his newly purchased
property in 1991. Georgius
could be called the founder
of Little River Vineyards and
Winery, which now sits on
1,350 acres.
Ballenger is not just Georgius’ daughter, but she’s also
the senior winemaker at
Little River. The grape truly
makes the wine, and she says
this vineyard plants the best
grapes around.
“The Chambourcin grape
is found in France, but in the
1960s it became more available in the United States and
Argentina,” said Ballenger.
“The red wine also bears the
name of the Chambourcin
grape, which has a herbaceous
aroma and works well blended
into spicy dishes.
“Two popular grapes from
France are the Cabernet
Franc and the Cabernet
Sauvignon. The Little River
Vineyards are already growing grape hybrids, like the
Traminette grape, which is a
cross between a French-American hybrid and the German
Gewürztraminer. One reason
we started growing hybrids is
because we don’t have to use
as many chemicals to treat the
grapes, and that’s healthier for
our consumers.”
The process of making wine
can be lengthy but important.
First, the thousands of red and
white grapes are handpicked
by the six employees working
at Little River. First, the white
grapes go into a machine
employees call “the shaker,” to
separate the seeds, rinds and
stems from the actual grape.
“The white grapes are put
in a stainless steel tank to ferment. The red grapes are also
thrown into the shaker, then
put into a French oak barrel
to ferment,” said Casey Mabe,
the on-site events coordinator.
For special batches of wine,
Kim Ballenger uses a technique most have probably
never even heard of.
“We use the dry ice technique to help slow down
fermentation, inhibit bacteria
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growth, maintain the
quality of the grapes and
ultimately enhance the
organoleptic quality of
our wines. A winemaker
from Mendoza, Argentina
introduced us to the technique.” said Ballenger.
Fermentation can take
months, but when the
wine is ready, it’s filtered
numerous times before
being bottled to sell.
Little River has won
several lofty awards for its
outstanding wines. One
of its best and most purchased red wines, Synergy,
won a silver medal in the
East Meets West Competition in 2014. Synergy also
picked up a silver medal
in the 2013 Grand Harvest
Competition.
In 2010, Little River
Chardonnay won a silver
medal at the North Carolina State Fair. Ballenger
recently entered her
Big John’s Red into the
Women Wine Makers competition.
The vineyards also offer
a picturesque backdrop
for weddings and other
events.
“I have weddings completely booked every weekend from September to
November,” said Mabe.
She also sets up venues throughout the state
to showcase the wines.
Big John’s Wine Wagon
is a one and only in the
world, she said. The black
18-wheeler looks typical
on the outside, but the
inside is a different story.
The truck has two bars
with chairs, hardwood
floors and a copper ceiling
with a chandelier and a
flat-screen TV.
The history is as deeply
rooted as the grapevines.
A portion of the property
is now recognized by the
National Register of Historic Places, including
the main house and the
Powell-Brookshire Barn.
A chandelier hangs inside the barn,
which is used for wedding receptions.
A barn and lodge
on the property
are rented out
for wedding and
hunting parties.
One of the bedrooms inside the lodge at the vineyard sits ready for the bridal party of a weekend wedding.
Rows of cabernet franc grapevines grow on the left side of the driveway leading up to the house.
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Welcome to Herrera Vineyards
By Kitsey Burns Harrison
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[email protected]
Upon arriving at the Yadkin Valley’s
newest winery, Herrera Vineyards, travelers meander through the beautiful
vineyards on the property to reach the
elegant tasting room and restaurant. The
entrance road through the vineyard makes
quite a first impression for visitors, said
manager Manny Perez, especially during
the late summer and early fall when the
vines can be seen full of heavy clusters of
grapes ready for harvesting.
The property was formerly Black Wolf
Vineyards but was purchased in 2010 by
Javier Herrera, owner of Carolina Carports. Herrera began making wine under
the Herrera Winery name in 2007 through
Old North State, but now produces wine
from their new location at 231 Vineyard
Lane in Dobson. Herrera’s daughters,
Monica and Carolina, run the tasting
room at the winery.
The tasting room and restaurant, which
was previously a log cabin-style structure
when it served as the Wolf’s Lair restaurant, now has a completely different look
and feel. A wide sweeping patio with
tables and chairs is a perfect place to
view the vineyard. The soft sounds of a
waterfall calms listeners as they sit before
the tasting room to enjoy a summer or fall
afternoon. The views inside the building
are just as lovely.
“Everybody just loves to walk around
and look at the place,” Perez said. “We
get a lot of compliments on the fact that
when you come in the driveway you actually drive through the vineyard and the
Malbec vines are right in front of the
tasting room so anywhere sitting in the
restaurant you can look out and see the
vineyard.”
Perez said it took a long time for the
tasting room and restaurant to open
because of the attention to detail and
elaborate renovations that were done on
the property from replanting the entire
vineyard to custom ironwork in the tasting room.
The compliments don’t stop at the
decor of the place, however, Perez said
customers have rave reviews of all 12 of
A beautiful spiral staircase inside the tasting room at Herrera Vineyards.
The award-winning wines of Herrera Vineyards.
The patio at Herrera Vineyards is a great
place to enjoy wine and hangout with friends.
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“We always get
a lot of compliments
on our wines.
There’s something
for everybody.”
their wines. Herrera winemaker Kevin
Childers claimed several medals at last
year’s state fair wine competition.
Perez said the wines available at Herrera, which range from sweeter sangria
to a dry Malbec, provide a tasting experience for the novice wine drinker to the
wine connoisseur.
“We always get a lot of compliments
on our wines,” Perez said. “There’s
something for everybody. People have
said there’s not a wine that they don’t
like. There are some they like more than
others, but there’s not one they don’t like
and that’s a great compliment to [our
winemaker.]”
The dry Reisling was voted best white
overall at the state fair last year and Perez
said it is a big seller at the winery.
“It’s just a very crisp refreshing wine,”
he said.
The red and white sangria are also
popular, Perez said.
“We were the first in the area to bottle
a sangria. They’re on the sweeter side,
the fruitier side of things, but there’s definitely a market for that and it sells well.”
Herrera offers some unique dry red
wines which are also popular.
“We have some different reds, Malbec
and Tannat are from South America and
so it’s interesting to find it here and being
here it changes the flavor of those a little
bit so we do get quite a few compliments
on that, having something different than
your typical Merlot or Cab Sauv.”
The restaurant is also a popular part
of the winery. Open for lunch Tuesday
through Sunday, the restaurant features
a casual yet cool menu with sandwiches,
salads, tacos and pizza and some more
elaborate menu items like shrimp and
grits and blackened filet. Herrera also
serves an upscale dinner menu on Friday
and Saturday evenings.
For more information about Herrera,
visit its website www.herreravineyards.
com or call 866-313-8008.
Kitsey Burns Harrison may be reached at 336-679-2341
or on Twitter @RippleReporterK.
The patio at Herrera Vineyards.
A display of wine and corks at Herrera Vineyards.
Calendar of Events
Continued from page 3
Nov. 22
• Adagio Vineyards, 139 Benge
Drive, Elkin, will host Tasting Notes
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. featuring live
music from violinists Suzy Perkins
and Jan Wahl. Jan will be playing one
of her hand-crafted violins and, after
the performance, will demonstrate
various violin building techniques.
Admission is free. For more information visit www.adagiovineyards.com
or call 336-258-2333.
Nov. 28
• Weathervane Winery, 1452
Welcome-Arcadia Road, Lexington,
will host its annual after Black Friday
Christmas open house. For more
information, call 336-701-5235.
Dec. 5
• Adagio Vineyards, 139 Benge
Drive, Elkin, will host Adagio Art
Wine Bottle Light Class from 12:30
to 3:30 p.m. Make two festive lights
from recycled wine bottles. Class
fee of $30 includes all materials and
instruction with a glass of wine.
Advance registration required, class
size limited. For information, visit
www.adagiovineyards.com or call 336258-2333.
• Weathervane Winery, 1452 Welcome-Arcadia Road, Lexington, will
host its inaugural Christmas dinner
and dance with Mark Tuttle. Admission is $40. For more information, call
336-701-5235.
Dec. 6
• Adagio Vineyards, 139 Benge
Drive, Elkin, will host Adagio Art
Christmas Ornament Class from 1
to 4 p.m. Make four decorative ornaments using a variety of materials and
techniques. Class fee of $30 includes
all supplies, instruction and a glass of
wine. Advance registration required,
class size limited. For information,
visit www.adagiovineyards.com or call
336-258-2333.
Dec. 13
• Adagio Vineyards, 139 Benge
Drive, Elkin, will host Tasting Notes
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. featuring live
music from violinists Suzy Perkins
and Jan Wahl. Jan will be playing one
of her hand-crafted violins and, after
the performance, will demonstrate
various violin building techniques.
Admission is free. For more information visit www.adagiovineyards.com
or call 336-258-2333.
Dec. 31
• Shelton Vineyards, 286 Cabernet
Lane, Dobson, will host a New Year’s
eve celebration at Harvest Grill with
reservations required from 5:30 p.m.
until. For more information, visit
www.sheltonvineyards.com or call
336-366-4724.
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Brandon Hills Vineyard
336-463-WINE (9463)
BRANDON HILLS
VINEYARD 1927BrandonHillsRoad,
Yadkinville,NC27055
Owners:DavidandPamelaBlackwell
Winemaker:DanaAcker
Website: brandonhillsvineyard.com
Location: YadkinCounty-FromUS421take
US601So.,turnrightonLoneHickory,1.2
milesturnrightonNeelieRd.,0.5mi.turnlefton
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Brushy Mountain Winery
336-835-1313
125W.MainSt.,
Elkin,NC28621
Owners:JasonWisemanandAmyEuliss
Winemaker:JasonWiseman
Website: www.brushymountainwine.com
Location: SurryCounty—DowntownElkin,
1/2blockwestoftown’smainsquare.
Carolina Heritage
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Vineyard & Winery
336 366-3301
170HeritageVinesWay,
Elkin,NC28621
Owners and Winemakers: Clyde&PatColwell
Website:carolinaheritagevineyards.com
Location:FromI-77:TakeI-77Exit85East
(Right)Hwy-268Bypass/CCCampRoadto
Highway268.TurnLeft(East)-Highway268
for.8mile.Vineyardisvisibleonthenorthside
of268nexttoroadsign:“HeritageVinesWay.”
(10202EHwy268-Elkin)FromHwy52/Hwy
601:TakeHwy268Westfor3milesfromHwy
601.VineyardisvisibleonthenorthsideofHwy
268nexttoroadsign:“HeritageVinesWay.”
(10202EHwy268-Elkin)
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Cellar 4201 336-699-6030
4201AppersonRoad,
EastBend,NC27018
GPS Coordinates:36D14M12SW80D28M26S
Owner:GregHutchins,DonnaCarlyleHutchins
Winemaker:CharlieKidd
Website:www.Cellar4201.com
Location:YadkinCountyFromI-77Exit82
TravelEastonHwy67toEastBend.Turnleft
ontoAppersonRoad.FromWinston-Salem,take
Hwy67West,1milepastYadkinRiverBridge,
turnrightontoAppersonRoad,travel2.6miles
onleft.
7 Childress Vineyards
Divine Llama Vineyards, LLC
336-699-2525
4126DivineLlamaLane,EastBend,
NC27018
GPS Coordinates:N36d13m10s
W80d20m03s
Owners:ThomasH.Hughesand
MichaelWest
Winemaker:DanTallman
Tasting Room Hours:Fri&Sat:12:00pm-
5:00pm;Sun:1:00pm-5:00pm,(Sat&Sun
Only,Jan&Feb)
Website:www.divinellamavineyards.com
Location:FromNCHwy67,turnontoMacedoniaRoadinEastBend.Vineyardis.6mionleft.
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15 McRitchie Winery & Ciderworks
318ElkinCreekMillRoad,
Elkin,NC28621
Tasting Room Hrs:Thursday–Sunday11AM–
5PM.WineTasting&LightFoodsDaily,Brick-Oven
PizzasEverySunday.AvailableforWeddings&Special
Events–PrivateLuxuryRentalCabins
Website:www.elkincrreekvineyard.com
Lat:36.2804452Long: -80.8763055
10 Flint Hill Vineyards & Century Kitchen
Grassy Creek Vineyard
336-835-4230
CottageCircle,
Elkin,NC28621
Owners:DerrillandLoriRice,Jimand
CynthiaDouthit
Winemaker:JimDouthit
Website:www.grassycreekvineyard.com
Location: Surry/WilkesCounties—Westoff
I-77atExit85toUS21-BypassNorth.leftafter
firsttrafficlightontoKlondikeRoad.Leftinto
vineyardafterabout1/2miles.
12 Hanover Park Vineyard
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Hutton Vineyards & Winery
336-374-2621
176HuttonVineyardsLn,
Dobson,NC27017
InHistoricOldeRockford,Surrycounty
Owners:Malcolm&HeidiHutton
Tours and Tastings:OpenThursday-Saturday
&SundaybyPriorArrangement
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14 Junius Lindsay Vineyard
Elkin Creek Vineyard
336-526-5119
11 8
Wine List:CabernetFranc,Viognier,Chardonnay,
Barbera,Sangiovese,Kathryn’sBlush
Website:www.huttonvineyards.com
DirectionsfromWinston-Salem,CharloteandMt.
Airy/VAavailableonourwebsite.
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Old North State
Winery & Brewery
336-789-9463
308NorthMainStreet,
MountAiry,NC27030
Owners: Ben&EllieWebb
Winemaker/Brewmaster: BenWebb
website:www.oldnorthstatewinery.com
Location:SurryCounty-FromI-77Eastto
US601,takeUS601toHwy.52N.Exitoffof
Hwy.52NontheMt.Airy/GalaxHwy.89Ext.Go
straightonIndependencethrough5lights.Turn
rightontoN.MainStreet,Wineryistwoblockson
theleft.
17 RagApple Lassie Vineyards
18 RayLen Vineyards
19 Round Peak Vineyards 20 MenaRick Vineyard & Winery
Shelton Vineyards
336-366-4724
286CabernetLane,
Dobson,NC27017
Owners:CharlesM.SheltonandR.Edwin
Shelton
Winemaker: GillGiese
Website:www.sheltonvineyards.com
Location:SurryCounty—I-77toExit93Dobson.
Turnright,thentakefirstrightontoTwinOaksRd.
Go2.5milestotheSheltonVineyardsentrance
ontheright.
22 Stony Knoll Vineyards
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23 Surry Community College Winery
24 Weathervane Winery
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Slightly Askew Winery
336-835-2700
913N.BridgeStreet,
Elkin,NC28621
Owners:TimGentryandKarenDefreitas
Website:www.slightlyaskewwines.com
Location:SurryCounty—TakeExit85fromI-77.
Weston268bypass(CCCampRd).9milesturnleft
onS-21(NBridgeSt.)go.8miles,wineryonright
(yellowhouse).
Wine List:Largeselectionofwines.20+winesfrom
semi-drytoDryWhitesandReds,andlargeselection
ofFruit/Sweetwines.
Olde Mill Vineyards
Sanders Ridge Vineyard
Sweet Home Carolina Vineyard & Winery
Roaring River Vineyards, LLC
(336)909-4914
523DannerRoad,
Mocksville,NC27028
www.lazyelm.com
OpenSat&Sun12PM-6PM-ish
32 Adagio Vineyards
(336)258-2333
139BengeDrive,Elkin,NC28621
www.adagiovineyards.com
Owners:Drs.TimandJanWahl
Winemaker:TimWahl(YadkinValleyRegion)
Location:SurryCounty,I-77toexit83US21bypass
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SWAN CREEK AVA
1 Windsor Run Winery & Distillery
2 Dobbins Creek Vineyards
North,leftfirsttrafficlight,leftonNBridgeStreetthen
rightonCarterMillRoad,firstleftonBengeDrive.
TastingRoomHours:FriandSat12-,Sun1-5
33 JOLO Vineyards
219JOLOWineryLane
PilotMountain,NC27041
336614-0030Winery
336614-0013EndPostsRestaurant
www.jolovineyards.com
Owners:JWandKristenRay
Winemaker:JWRay
Location: SurryCounty
Tasting Room Hours:Thursday10:30a.m.-6:00p.m.
FridayandSaturday10:30a.m.-9:00p.m.SundayNoon-
5:00p.m.
EndPosts Restaurant Lunch Hours:Fridaythrough
Saturday11:30a.m.-3:00p.m.SundayNoon-4:00p.m.
EndPosts Restaurant Dinner Hours:Fridaythrough
Saturday5:30p.m.-9:30p.m.Sunday4:30p.m.to
6:30p.m.(SundayFamilyStyleSuppers)
34 Jones von Drehle Vineyards & Winery
36 Native Vines Winery
37 Herrera Vineyards
(866)313-8008
231VineyardLn,Dobson,NC27017
herreravineyards.com
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Laurel Gray Vineyards
336-468-9463 (Got Wine)
Toll Free: 888-769-4635
5726OldUSHwy421
Hamptonville,NC27020
Owners:KimandBenMyers
Winemaker:StephenRigby
Tasting Room Hours:WednesdaythroughSaturday10amuntil5pm.Sundayafternoons1pmuntil
5pm.Lasttastingstartsat15minutestill5:00pm
GPS Coordinates:N3608.03W8050.22
Location:LaurelGrayVineyardsisanestatewinery
withonsiteawardwinningvineyards.Locatedwithin
boththeYadkinValleyandSwanCreekAVAdesignationsLaurelGrayisjustonemileoffI-77andless
than.3mileoffHwy421.DrivingDirections:OffI-77
takeexit#73BthenfollowHwy421toExit#267
(WindsorRd.)TurnnorthonWindsorRd.forashort
distanceuntilitdeadendsintoOldUSHwy421.
TurnrightontoOldHwy421andLaurelGrayisjust
aheadontheleft.
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4 Raffaldini Vineyards
5 Shadow Springs Vineyard
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(336)790-8888orTollFree(877)658-0370
493BrewerMillRoad,Traphill,NC28685
GPS Coordinates:36.318514,
-81.049772
Owners:Josephine&TomSilvey
LuxuryLodgings,BusinessMeetings,Weddings,RehearsalDinners,andPrivateEvents.
Website:www.roaringrivervineyards.com
31 Lazy Elm
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PIEDMONT REGION
MOUNTAIN REGION
1 Banner Elk Winery
2 Calaboose Cellars
3 Biltmore Estate Winery
4 Cerminaro Vineyard
5 Chateau Laurinda
6 Elk Mountain Winery
7 Ginger Creek Vineyards
8 Green Creek Winery
9 Lake James Cellars
10 New River Winery
11 Owl’s Eye Vineyard & Winery LLC
12 Raintree Cellars
13 Rockhouse Vineyards
14 South Creek Vineyards
15 Thistle Meadow Winery
16 Waldensian Heritage Wines
17 WoodMill Winery
19 Baker Buffalo Creek Vineyard & Winery
3521 Falston-Waco Road
Lawndale, NC 28090
www.bakerbuffalocreek.com
owner - Charles Edwards
Thursday-Saturday 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm
PIEDMONT REGION
1
Autumn Creek Vineyard
336-548-9463
364 Means Creek Rd.,
Mayodan, NC 27027
Website: www.autumncreekvineyards.com
Email: [email protected]
Location: Rockingham County. Take US 220 to
NC 770, turn left, Rt. on Glenns Chapel Rd., left
on Means Creek Road.
2 A Secret Garden Winery
3 Black Rock Vineyards
4 Cauble Creek Vineyard
14 Old Stone Vineyard & Winery 704-279-0930
15 Rock of Ages Winery & Vineyard
Stonefield Cellars
336-644-9908
8220 Hwy. 68 N.,
Stokesdale, NC 27357
Owners: Robert and Natalie Wurz
Winemaker: Robert Wurz
Website: www.stonefieldcellars.com
Location: Guilford County — North off I-40 at Exit
210. Take NC 68 north 13 miles. Winery on right at
intersection with NC 65 (entrance on NC 65).
Stony Mountain Vineyards 704-982-0922
26370 Mountain Ridge Road,
17
Albemarle, NC 28001
Owners: Ken, Marie and Devron Furr
Website: www.stonymountainvineyards.com
Location: Stanly County — Take
Hwy 24-27 East from Albemarle. Turn left at Stone
Mountain sign. Turn right on Mountain Ridge Rd.
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Silver Coast Winery
910-287-2800
6680 Barbeque Rd.,
Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469
Southport Tasting Room
910-777-5151
105 S. Howe St., Southport NC 28461
Owners: John and Maryann Azzato
Website: www.silvercoastwinery.com
Location: Brunswick County — From Hwy.
17 (7 mi. north of S.C. border) take Hwy. 904
west. After 1.5 miles, take right on Russtown
Rd. After 1.5 miles, take 4th right on Barbeque
Rd.
11
The Country Squire
Restaurant, Inn &
Winery
(910) 296-1727
748 NC Hwy 24 & 50
Warsaw, NC 28398
Website: www.countrysquirewinery.com
Winery Hours: Tues - Sat 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Restaurant: Home of the 72-ounce steak
“The Kilt Buster”. Lunch: Sun - Fri 12:00pm 2:00pm, Dinner: 7 days a week 5:30pm - until.
Wine List: Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot,
Syrah,
Riesling, Pinot Grigio, White Zinfandel,
Pomegranate, Blackberry, Blueberry, Peach
Winery, Restaurant, Inn, Bed & Breakfast,
and Vineyards all at same location.
All ABC PERMITS
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21 Southern Medley Wine Cellar
118 North Rutherford Street
Wadesboro, NC 28170
(704)-994-2389
Owner: Elizabeth Schafer, Owner/Winemaker/Chief Bottle Washer
Website: www.southernmedley.com
Wine List: Amarone, Malbec, Merlot, Pinot Grigio, Riesling,
Syrah Rose’, White Merlot, White Zinfandel
Location: 1 block south off Highway 74 East in historic,
uptown Wadesboro.
GPS coordinates: 34.9629254, -80.0897725
Tasting Room Hours: Thur.-Sat. 2-8pm, Sun. By Appointment Only
HAW RIVER AVA
2 Glen Marie Winery
3 Grove Winery
4 Iron Gate Vineyards & Winery 919-304-9463
COASTAL REGION
1 Bannerman’s Vineyard
2 Bennett Vineyards
12 Hinnant Family Vineyard
13 Horizon Cellars
10
235-D East Main St.
Lincolnton, NC 28092
Carolyn Ramseur
Hours: Tuesday- Friday 11:00 am to 5:00
Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Website: www.Southerncharmwinery.com
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10 Garden Gate Vineyards
11 Germanton Art & Winery
9 Sanctuary Vineyards
Southern Charm Winery
7 Cypress Bend Vineyards
Daveste’ Vineyards
704-528-3882
155 Lytton Farm Rd.,
Troutman, NC 28166
Website: www.davestevineyards.com
Email: [email protected]
Tasting Room & Art Gallery
Open Mon., Thu. & Fri.: 11 am - 6 pm
Sat.: 10 am - 6 pm & Sun.: 12 pm - 6 pm
Closed Tues. & Wed.
9 Dennis Vineyards
7 Martin Vineyards
8 Moonrise Bay Vineyard
18 Uwharrie Vineyards
19 Zimmerman Vineyards
5 Chatham Hill Winery
6 Chinqua Penn Vineyards
COASTAL REGION
3 Duplin Winery
4 Grapefull Sisters Vineyard
Lu Mil Vineyard
5
(910)866-5819
438 Suggs-Taylor Road,
Elizabethtown, NC 28337
Website: www.lumilvineyard.com
Owner: Ron Taylor
Tasting Room Hours: Monday - Saturday (10am - 6pm) &
Sunday (1pm - 6pm)
Wine List: Old Cumberland, Taylor Divine, Bladen Blush, Harmony Hall, Cape Owen Red, Merry Christmas, Sir Walter Raleigh
6 Lumina Winery
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Weeksville Vineyards & Cellars
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGION
1
Chateau Morrisette
540-593-2865
287 Winery Road SW,
Floyd, VA 24091
Owner: David Morrisette
Website: www.thedogs.com
Location: Milepost 171.5 Blue Ridge Parkway
2 Blacksnake Meadery
3 Foggy Ridge Cider
4 Villa Appalacia
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Harvest season in the
Yadkin Valley
By Kitsey Burns Harrison
[email protected]
As summer draws to a close the
harvest season at area vineyards
begins and it is an exciting time.
Winemaker Stephen McHone at
RagApple Lassie Vineyard in Boonville said the start of harvest season
also can be a little nerve wracking.
As the time for harvest draws near,
winemakers begin pulling grape
samples to determine if those particular grapes are ready to be picked.
The pH level, amount of sugar and
acidity are things they are looking for
to determine if the time is right for
harvesting.
The line from Dean Martin’s famed
song “Little Ole Wine Drinker Me”
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SOUTH CAROLINA
1 The Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards Marina
2 Victoria Valley Vineyards
3 Grape and Grain Vineyards
4
City Scape Winery
864.329.0615
589 Dunklin Bridge Rd.
Pelzer, SC 29669
Hours: Thursday, Friday and Saturday from
10:00 to 6:00.
Owners: Wayne and Anita Tamme
Website: cityscapewinery.com
Email: [email protected]
Location: Milepost 171.5 Blue Ridge Parkway
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Location: I-26, Exit #74 (Hwy 34)
Turn towards Winnsboro, ½ mile
from exit, turn right on Dusty Road.
½ mile on left, turn into driveway
and vineyard and tasting room
will be in the back area. Look for
signs on Hwy 34 and Dusty Road
location.
Enoree River Winery
803.276.2855
1650 Dusty Road
Newberry, SC 29108
8 Proverbs 31 Winery
Hours: Wednesday through
9 Mercer House Estate
Saturday, 11am until 6pm and Sunday, 2pm
until 6pm
10 Irvin-House Vineyards
Owners: Richard and Laura LaBarre
11 September Oaks Vineyards
Website: enoreeriverwinery.com
Email: [email protected]
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should actually say he is praying for a dry season rather than
rain so that the grapes can
grow and they can make more
wine. Obviously the vineyards
do need some rain in order
to grow, but too much rain
especially near harvest time
can cause problems, McHone
explained.
As the rain soaks into the
ground and up the roots of the
vines into the grapes it causes
the grapes to swell and fill with
water. Water-filled grapes don’t
necessarily make very good
wine. McHone explained a
drier season causes the flavors
to be more concentrated and
makes for a better tasting wine.
Winemakers do what they call
a hundred berry sample, which
is exactly what is sounds like.
They randomly pick 100 grapes
from a given varietal, take them
into the lab where they crush
it to extract the juice and using
special equipment they test the
sample for its sugar level, measured in bricks, as well as the
pH level and acidity. By physically examining the grapes on
the vine, they also can begin to
tell harvest time is near.
The harvest season in North
Carolina typically begins near
the middle or end of August
and will last until mid-October.
The white grapes are harvested
first and the red varietals later
in the season.
McHone and Shelton Vineyard’s winemaker Gill Giese
said some of the whites were
coming in a little earlier than
usual, but the grapes so far
were looking great.
“This season has been good
to us,” Giese said. He said
oftentimes the warm summer
evenings would cause the acid
levels in the grapes to drop, but
that was not the case this year.
By examining the grapes and
testing the levels in the labs,
both winemakers predicted a
good year for their wines.
Kitsey Burns Harrison may be reached
at 336-679-2341 or on Twitter @
RippleReporterK.
The juice from
harvested
grapes at
Shelton
Vineyards is
pumped into
giant tanks
to begin the
fermentation
process.
Stephen McHone
tests a grape
sample in the
lab at RagApple
Lassie Vineyard.
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Harvest season begins in the
Yadkin Valley Wine Region.
Photos by Kitsey Burns
Harrison | On The Vine
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Winemaker
Stephen
McHone pulls
a hundred
berry sample
from the
vineyard at
RagApple
Lassie.
French Broad Vignerons
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expand to 14 commercial wineries, begin bus tours
KEY POINT — As it continues
with its efforts to promote the wine
industry of Western North Carolina,
the French Broad Vignerons have
added two more wineries and partnered with The Trolley Company of
Hendersonville to establish bus tours
originating in Asheville to regional
wine trails using luxury air conditioned coaches.
Fourteen of the commercial wineries in the region have joined together
with the French Broad Vignerons
to increase the public perception
of regional wines, to make regional
wines more available to the public,
and to increase wine, cider and
cheese tourism. The wineries are
mostly boutique wineries with relatively limited production.
Regardless of size, all the wineries are producers of medal winning
wines showcasing North Carolina
vineyards and fruit. The wines are
beautifully crafted by the wineries own winemakers. Access to the
wineries may be accomplished by
personal tours by car or by using one
or all of the three wine trail tours
established by the French Broad
Vignerons and The Trolley Company
of Hendersonville. In mid-July wine
tours began to 10 wineries on three
distinct wine trails — Catawba Valley Wine Trail, Elevations Wine
Trail and the Gourmet Wine Trail.
All tours originate at the Westgate
Regional Shopping Center in Asheville.
The Catawba Valley Wine Trail
explores four wineries in the area
around Morganton. The wineries
include, South Creek, Belle Nicho,
Silver Fork and Lake James. On most
days there is is a good chance to be
able to speak to the winemaker while
tasting five wines at each location.
An artisan cheese service will occur
at the Silver Fork Winery featuring
regional cheeses provided by The
Cheese Shop of Asheville.
The Elevations Trail celebrates the
diversity of the mountains and the
foothills. Some of the vineyards on
this trail are located at an altitude
of more than 3,000 feet while others
are at 2,000 and 1,000. The wineries
feature some outstanding medal winning wines that are as diverse as the
altitudes. Wineries include Mountain
Brook, Parker-Binns and Burntshirt.
Five wines will be sampled at each
winery. An artisan cheese service
will occur at the Parker-Binns
Winery featuring regional cheeses
provided by The Cheese Shop of
Asheville.
The Gourmet Trail features a
light French meal at the Fontaine
Vineyard prepared by a well known
French chef, a taste of an award winning hard cider at St. Paul Mountain
Vineyard, and a regional cheese service will occur at the Addison Farms
Winery featuring regional cheeses
provided by The Cheese Shop of
Asheville. Five wines will be tasted
at each winery.
Tickets and information are available using links on frenchbroadvignerons.org and thetrolleycompany.
com websites. Tickets are available
exclusively through localwineevents.
com. Tours also are listed and linked
at ExploreAsheville.com. Award winning wines will be featured throughout the tour.
The following 14 wineries are
commercial members of the French
Broad Vignerons:
Addison Farms Winery, Leicester
Biltmore Wines - Asheville
Burntshirt Vineyards - Hendersonville
Fontaine Vineyards - Marshall
Jones von Drehle - Thurmond
Lake James Cellars - Glen Alpine
Mountain Brook Vineyards - Tryon
Parker-Binns Vineyard - Mill
Spring
Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards Hendersonville
Belle Nicho Winery - Nebo
Silver Fork Winery and Vineyard Morganton
South Creek Vineyards and Winery
- Nebo
Treehouse Vineyards - Monroe
WoodMill - Vale
Jones von Drehle and Fontaine
Vineyards are the latest members
and they bring excellent wines and a
new French gourmet opportunity.
Tourism guides and informational
cards are being developed and will
be in public distribution shortly.
The group has established the
MacNeil Uncorked Wine Experience jointly with the Great Smoky
Mountain Railroad. Wines of the
French Broad Vignerons wineries
are poured exclusively on the MacNeill Uncorked. This experience
includes seven wines, a three-course
dinner, and a four-hour train trip
through the Great Smoky Mountains
to the Nantahala Gorge or Dillsboro. Passengers ride in the luxurious MacNeill Dining Car which is
fully restored to its 1940s and ’50s
elegance. Because of public demand
two additional trips were scheduled
bringing the total number of trips to
five. Four of the five trips have sold
out, but there are seats left on the
Nov. 28 event. Tickets are available
at www.gsmr.com.
The French Broad Vignerons
(FBV) is an organization that promotes viticulture as a tool for economic development in the mountain
counties of western North Carolina.
The FBV does this through providing
education to the public about growing grapes, making wine, and all of
the 150-plus value-added products
that can come from using grapes as
a raw material. More information
is available at www.FrenchBroadVignerons.org or on their Blog: www.
FrenchBroadVignerons.Blogspot.
com.
North Carolina has 218 licensed
wineries (including 24 cider makers) and more than 450 commercial
vineyards that contributed more than
$1.2 billon to the NC state economy
in 2009 and provided more than
5,400 jobs.
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Christmas decor on
display at Grassy
Creek Winery.
It will soon be “the most
wonderful time of the year”
and what better time to visit
the wineries of the Yadkin
Valley. As winter and the holiday season approaches most
people are spending more
time at home, staying out
of the cold and sharing time
with loved ones. Many of the
area wineries however can
also provide a great atmosphere for holiday celebrating
as well, not to mention holiday shopping.
“It’s the perfect idea for a
holiday gift for someone,”
said Cynthia Douthit, coowner of Grassy Creek Winery in State Road. “I don’t
know that people think of
that enough.”
Not only do most of the
wineries sell some unique
wine-related or other types
of home decor and special
gifts, it’s a great idea to buy
a bottle of wine as a hostess
gift for attending holiday parties or as gift for out-of-town
visitors who have yet to experience the wineries of the
Yadkin Valley. Douthit said
they often create special gift
baskets during the holiday
season.
“A gift certificate is also
great idea because the gift
you give becomes an experience for someone,” Douthit
said.
The area wineries not only
provide unique gift ideas,
but most are decorated for
the season and offer special
events to celebrate the holidays.
Each year the Surry wineries group, comprised of
nine area wineries plus Skull
Camp Brewery, hosts a Winter Wine Passport event.
For a set fee, guests can visit
each of the wineries and
brewery for special tastings,
food pairings and a special
gift. Douthit said this is also
a great gift idea as the event
extends through March.
Many of the other area
wineries also host special
holiday events. Be sure to
call your favorite Yadkin
Valley winery or visit their
website or Facebook page to
find out what special holiday
celebrations they will host
this season.
Hikers
celebrate
new trail
By Kitsey Burns Harrison
[email protected]
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Hikers get their first glimpse of a new bridge on a new trail connecting Grassy Creek to Byrd’s Branch campground.
A lovely cool fall day
greeted guests on a Saturday
in early September who came
out to Grassy Creek Vineyard
in State Road for the trail
opening and concert benefiting the Elkin Valley Trails
Association. The new trail
connects Grassy Creek Vineyard to the Byrd’s Branch
Campground and features a
bridge built by Harrison Hall
as part of an Eagle Scout
project.
“I’m in love with it. I absolutely love the idea. I’m 100
percent for it,” said Harold
Combs of the growing trail
network in the area. He also
has helped to do some work
on the new trail and others in
the Elkin area.
Johnny Hall, father of Harrison Hall, said he couldn’t
be prouder of his son and
the work he had done to
help get the new trail bridge
completed. The Halls live
near Grassy Creek and also
have volunteered previously
with the EVTA so it was a
project that was very special
for them.
“It really meant something
to us and also helped the
town of Elkin,” Hall said.
“It’s going to be amazing the
next 20 years, I think, what
they’ve done with this trail
from here to Stone Mountain.”
Harrison Hall had a lot
of help to build the massive
bridge which can hold the
weight of a farm tractor or
a pickup truck. His grandfather Andy Garner, who has
an engineering background,
helped with the initial plans
and a number of area construction folks assisted with
the heavy lifting involved to
build the bridge.
“The community is really
good at coming together,”
Garner said.
Harrison Hall said it was
a little bittersweet to see the
project come to an end.
“This project means a lot
to me ‘cause I’ve been in Boy
Scouts since I was 10 or 11,”
Harrison Hall said.
He said it was a big milestone and touched his heart
to see it finally finished.
Cynthia Douthit, one of
the owners of Grassy Creek
Vineyard, said she too was
pleased to see the project
completed. She said the portion of the trail through the
ferns was so beautiful.
“We started Grassy Creek
Winery for its history for the
region and so anything we
can do to help build the expe-
Hikers head out to enjoy a new trail which connects Grassy Creek Vineyard
to Byrd’s Branch Campground.
rience of Elkin and nature
we’re always ready to try to
do it. It’s a beautiful property
here for people to enjoy,”
Douthit said.
After hiking the trail, visitors could enjoy wine tastings from Grassy Creek as
well as food from 13 Bones.
Time Sawyer and Annabelle’s
Curse also performed at the
celebration.
For more information on
the EVTA, visit its website
www.elkinvalleytrails.org.
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Ahead of the Curve
By Linda King
For On The Vine
When I moved to North Carolina
to help start up and become the winemaker for RagApple Lassie Vineyards,
there were only 18 to 20 wineries in
the whole state, with four being in the
Yadkin Valley. Imagine my surprise to
find that Surry Community College had
both a Viticulture and Enology program
in place. That seemed amazingly far
thinking to me, as well as optimistic. In
addition, consider that Surry includes
a hands-on winery for the students, as
well as the fact that the wine can be sold
in retail stores.
Compare this to California, with the
University of California at Davis, one
of the premier wine teaching schools
in the world, and, of course, boasting
over 4,000 wineries. They now have a
working winery but, until a few years
ago, had to dump all the wine because
the state would not allow them to bottle
and sell it. Next up is New York for the
East coast, with over 400 wineries and
Cornell University, also considered a
premier wine teaching facility. They are
just now building a working winery for
their students.
We know that government bureaucracy has hindered us in many ways, yet
it seems that some of what they have
decided has put our industry in the
forefront somewhat in comparison with
other states that are closer to the top of
the list of U.S. wine producing states.
We now have somewhere near 150
wineries in North Carolina, with about
38 in the Yadkin Valley alone. It has
been an incredible ride for the wine
industry in this state. We have been one
of the fastest growing wine regions in
the United States by percentage and
now rank number 10 as a wine making
state. The benefits to North Carolina
derived from this industry are immense
and getting better every day. The smart
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Jobs, tax income and, most of all, tourism dollars have increased with every
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February
2/4
The Stylistics
2/6
Delbert McClinton
2/6
Chili Cook Off,
Downtown Nby
2/8
Saturday Night
Fever, Musical
2/12 Tanya Tucker
2/14 Boy Meets Girl
2/16 Yamato, Drummers
2/18 Driving Miss Daisy
2/20 Travis Tritt
2/21 Mountain Heart
2/25 The Bellamy
Brothers
2/27 James Gregory
2/28 Clint Black
March
3/2
Carmen- Ballet
3/6
Jerusalem
Symphony
3/7-8 Creole Carnival
3/9
Los Lonely Boys
3/10 The Hit Men
3/11
Irish Fling - D. Nby
3/12 Robert Osborne
3/15 Boundary St. Elem.
3/16 Young Irelanders
3/18-19 Always Patsy Cline,
NCP
April
4/1
4/2
4/5
4/7
4/9
4/10
4/14
4/16
4/19
4/25
May
5/3
5/5
5/13
5/20
ry
5/21
Broadway: The
Big Band Years
Oak Ridge Boys
Mars/Venus
Pawel Checinski
Del McCoury Band
Doug and Bunny
Williams
Close To You,
The Carpenters
Pork in the Park,
Downtown Nby
Live From Nashville
Opera Scenes
The New Christy
Minstrels
Mother’s Finest
Caroline
Stoessinger
A Taste of Newber– Downtown Nby
Rick Alviti
June
6/17-18 State Fair - NCP
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in Downtown Newberry, SC
December
12/1 Ozark Jubilee
12/2-19 About Face Art Exhibit
12/4 Palmetto
Mastersingers
12/5 Raleigh Ringers
12/6 Charlie Daniels Band
12/8 Three Irish Tenors
12/9 The Embers
12/12 Harley Toy Run
12/12 208th Army Band
12/13 The Lettermen
12/17 A Christmas Carol
12/19 Ronnie McDowell,
Country Christmas
12/31 New Year’s Eve,
Masquerade
1/12
In addition, the buildings, vineyards
and surrounding areas are certainly a
treat for the eye as compared to industrial complexes, or overcrowded housing developments.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the
people who are “the wine industry.”
While many people think of it as a
glamorous job, it is incredibly hard
work to make high quality wine, and
we are, indeed, making high quality
wine here in North Carolina. Who
would have guessed this 20 years
ago? When I was leaving the winery
for which I worked in Ohio, my boss
assumed I was going to California. I
told him that I was going to North Carolina and he laughed at me and said, “I
wouldn’t buy a house if I were you.” He
has been here since then and has been
made to eat his words. It is the dedication and long, long hours of work that
we in the wine industry have put into
it to make it all work. It is growing
of quality grapes to start. It is having
knowledgeable winemakers who are
willing to continue to learn every day,
to keep improving on what they are
doing, and to pay attention to detail as
well as go the extra mile to make the
very best product they can from the
fruit at hand. It is the winery owners
and investors who have spent a fortune
to take a chance to create a dream and
who remain open minded to all of the
possibilities and improvements that
can be made. And it is the customers,
both in state and out of state, who have
given us a chance to show we can compete with the best.
And so, I thank all of the above for
turning my time here in North Carolina
into an experience that truly is “ahead
of the curve.” Keep up the good work!
Linda King is a winemaker as well as an internationally
certified wine judge, and does consulting for various
wineries in the industry.
While many
people think of it
as a glamorous
job, it is incredibly
hard work to make
high quality wine,
and we are, indeed,
making high
quality wine here
in North Carolina.
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