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VINECarolina Wine Country News WINE COUNTRY WEDDINGS

CAROLINA HERITAGE Marks 15 Years

FESTIVAL SEASON Begins With Budbreak

HAZE GRAY OPENS

COOKING WITH WINE White Clam Sauce

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TRI013120M.indd 1 2/4/20 3:17 PM When everyone’s fancy turns to thoughts of... Lord Tennyson was only snaps away, guests toasting LOVEone of them could be just what partly right when he said, newlyweds among the lush you or someone you know is “In the Spring a young man’s abundance of barrels of wine. looking for. fancy lightly turns to thoughts Yes, a vineyard wedding says In this issue of On The Vine, of love.” In the spring every- all the right things and hits all we celebrate Wine Country one’s fancy — men, women, the feels. It’s aspirational while Weddings, and offer you a BILL young and not-so-young — all being grounded and rooted to glimpse at some of the pos- COLVARD turn to thoughts of love. the earth, not an easy combi- sibilities. Wine and love have been nation to attain. Also, the Yadkin Valley it’s served with, and cooked inextricably linked since the So it’s no wonder so many welcomes a new vineyard, one in, a dish that embodies all beginning of civilization. Wine couples choose to begin the of the older ones marks its 15th the good things of the warmer is a sensual pleasure with an rest of their lives in the wine anniversary, and begin festi- weather to come. You too can undeniably romantic quality, so country. Vineyards and winer- val season, which is coming make linguine with clam sauce it should come as no surprise ies abound in the Yadkin Valley quickly upon us. that tastes as good as it does that wine country is a prime in which to say ‘I do,’ along We’ll also continue our at your favorite trattoria. We’ll destination for romance and with a growing number of adventures in cooking with show you how. weddings. On any given week- rustic barns, both new and vin- wine. And what could be a end, you’ll find happy couples tage. Or perhaps a converted more welcome harbinger of Cheers, lolling among verdant vines as tobacco warehouse is more spring than a crisp, lemony Bill Colvard their wedding photographer your style. They’re all here, and Pinot Grigio? Especially when Editor discover Devel ism opm r e ou n T t le A il u v t s h e o

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Budbreak ushers in 4 the festival season

Haze Gray Vineyards is open The vineyard draws its evocative name 6 from the color of US naval ships. Urban Bloom Photography The creek at Elkin Creek Vineyard is a popular spot for newlywed couples.

A Yadkin Valley EDITOR pioneer marks 15 BILL COLVARD years of growing grapes CONTRIBUTING WRITER 8 organically KITSEY BURNS HARRISON A conversation with Carolina ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Heritage Vineyard and Winery HOLLY LAMM owners, Clyde and Pat Colwell. ADVERTISING INQUIRIES 336-835-1513 CALENDAR OF EVENTS [email protected] Calendar of events: On The Vine Things to do in the 214 E. MAIN ST., ELKIN, NC 28621 NC wine country On The Vine is published quarterly 15 by Adams Publishing Group LLC. COVER DESIGN & PUBLICATION DESIGN DARLA ALLEN Romantic wine country weddings “Floral arrangements to match More and more couples are choosing the beauty of wine country.” 16 the romantic Yadkin Valley wine country as a destination wedding.

Cooking with Wine: Piccione Vineyards’ crisp, clean pinot grigio breathes new life 22 into a staple of Italian cuisine. Dish GardenArT (336) 677-2777 ON THE COVER: Photo:DesiLu Photography Flowers &Events A couple shares a kiss in the vineyard at Sanders Ridge. 70033043 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2020 | ON THE VINE 3

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Photos by: Tom Joyce | The News North Main Street in Mount Airy is filled with folks eager to sample wine and craft beer Budbreak from 15 different vendors at Budbreak 2019.

By Bill Colvard Mount Airy Rotary Club and is held in Budbreak during its decade-long dura- [email protected] cooperation with the Mount Airy Down- tion. town Business Association and Mount While taking his own “break” from The Budbreak Wine and Craft Beer Airy Tourism Development Authority. busily serving customers, he said it has Festival will begin the region’s festi- Rotary proceeds will benefit numerous become a highly anticipated event for val season when it kicks off its second local and international charity organiza- wine and beer producers in this area. “It decade in downtown Mount Airy on May tions. is good for the entire region.” 2, 2020. A $20 general admission ticket will In addition to Slightly Askew Winery, Budbreak is held in early May, timed to give those attending access to festival Skull Camp Brewery and Winery has correspond to the part of a grapevine’s wine glasses and wristbands, with proof been a part of Budbreak since its origins. growth cycle which signals the end of of ID, to purchase wine tastings at the “We’re here absolutely every year,” dormancy after the winter. various vendors’ booths. Children 12 and Skull Camp co-owner Kari Heerdt said The 2020 Budbreak Wine and Craft younger are admitted free with paying in 2019. Beer Festival, the 11th one, will be held adult. Heerdt remembers when Budbreak on Saturday, May 2, from 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. Food and non-alcoholic beverages will was strictly a wine festival. on Main Street in downtown Mount Airy. be available at select vendor locations as “And now we’ve got the addition of The festival features top North Carolina well. beer,” she said of its evolution over the wineries and craft beer producers, won- “It seems to get better every year,” said years. derful food and great music. Tim Gentry, the owner of Slightly Askew “So that’s probably one of the big- Festival packages are available which Winery of Elkin, one of the wineries gest changes — that’s one of the reasons include: General admission, local accom- participating in the 2019 festival. why we like it,” Heerdt observed. She modations and transportation, as well as “This year particularly seems to have also praised the laid-back atmosphere a complementary bottle of wine. good participation,” added Gentry, of Budbreak in which someone can buy The festival is a fundraiser for the whose winery has enjoyed a presence at a bottle of wine and sit down and drink

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TRI013120M.indd 4 2/4/20 3:17 PM Slightly Askew Winery of Elkin was The Will Jones Band performs country a popular stop at Budbreak 2019. tunes from the Budbreak 2019 stage.

“It’s seems to be getting better every year.” — Tim Gentry Owner of Slightly Askew Winery

while enjoying the music. limits creatively. Budbreak’s growth seems For more information on to be mirrored by that of the the festival and to keep an wine and craft beer culture eye out for this year’s vendors as a whole — accompanied and entertainers as the date Socializing takes center stage along with by colorful names and labels grows closer, visit budbreak- the beverage offerings at Budbreak 2019. of which there seem to be no festival.com.

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TRI013120M.indd 5 2/4/20 3:17 PM Photos courtesy of Sam Dean Deane and Becky Muhlenberg serve patrons in the tasting room at the newly-opened Haze Gray Vineyards.

HAZE GRAY VINEYARDS

Sets Sail in Yadkin Valley Wine Country

ticulously planned winery and to be a gathering place where Dobson. By Craig Distl a modern tasting room with people share stories,” Becky “Growing up in the military, For On The Vine mountain views. Muhlenberg said. “In the your family doesn’t make a The vineyard is a certified world today, people need to fortune, so we always had a Haze Gray Vineyards, which Homegrown by Heroes farm, stop and get to know each garden,” said Becky, recently draws its name from the color signifying agricultural prod- other.” retired from an IT career. of U.S. naval ships, opened its ucts produced by U.S. mili- Haze Gray is under way with “We liked the idea of doing winery and tasting room on tary veterans. In addition to five wines available and more something with our hands, of Dec. 19, 2019. Owners Deane Deane’s 30 years in the Navy, to come. There are three reds, having to care for the grapes and Becky Muhlenberg have Becky grew up in an Army Merlot, Chambourcin and a and the wines.” long-standing military ties, in- family, and their son currently blend, along with two whites, Haze Gray becomes the 17th cluding Deane’s three-decade serves in the U.S. Air Force. chardonnay and Traminette. winery on the Surry County career as a Navy flight officer. The tasting room’s wall Deane, winemaker and Wine Trail. The Muhlenbergs relocated of honor showcases pho- vineyard manager, had long “One of the most interesting to Surry County three years tos of eight generations of dreamed of running a farm or things about the wineries in ago from Pennsylvania after Muhlenberg family members vineyard following his military Surry County is that each one finding an 85-acre former corn in uniform, and veterans can career and has already taken has its own personality,” said and tobacco farm just outside submit photos of themselves advantage of classes available Chris Knopf, Surry County Dobson. The property features in uniform for the wall. in viticulture and enology at manager. “Visitors get to have a nine-acre vineyard, a me- “We want the tasting room Surry Community College in a different experience at each 6 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2020 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM

TRI013120M.indd 6 2/4/20 3:17 PM Deane and Becky Muhlenberg, owners of Haze Gray Vineyards in Dobson.

Room to relax and sip wine in the tasting room at Haze Gray Vineyards.

Haze Gray Vineyards offers a Merlot, Chambourcin and a blend, along with two whites, Chardonnay and Traminette.

winery and vineyard.” noon-6 p.m. A rental cabin Haze Gray tastings are $8 overlooking the vineyard and include all five wines. sleeps four. The tasting room also serves For more information, visit wine slushies. Tasting room HazeGrayVineyards.com or hours are Thursday-Saturday, call 336-374-1072. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, 70032485 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2020 | ON THE VINE 7

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Pat and Clyde Colwell, owners of Carolina Heritage Vineyard.

Courtesy photos | Carolina Heritage Vineyard Aerial view of Carolina Heritage Vineyard and Winery.

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TRI013120M.indd 8 2/4/20 3:17 PM Carolina Heritage winery and old farmhouse at sunset. Carolina Heritage Vineyards.

By Bill Colvard “When you tell me I can’t do some- in hers, they both completed degrees in [email protected] thing,” said Pat, “I’m going to do it.” Viticulture and Enology at Surry Commu- The Colwells finally had to accept that nity College. Carolina Heritage Vineyard and Winery no vinifera grapes would grow well on “Virtually everyone in the wine business marked its 15-year anniversary in October. their property without a lot of chemicals. here has taken a class there,” said Pat, who Not coincidentally, the vineyard’s own- At first they were not happy with the is lavish with her praise of the community ers, Clyde and Pat Colwell simultaneously options open to them. “It didn’t matter if a college’s wine program. “The program at marked their 15th anniversary of retire- grape grew well if it made nasty wine,” said Surry is great. Everything is hands-on. ment from their previous careers. Pat of most of the grapes that would grow Students are out pruning vines, harvesting Owning a farm had become a retirement without chemicals. grapes and making wine.” dream for the Colwells, — Clyde spent his Their dream of an organic vineyard was “When you’re organic, you begin to childhood in the Finger Lakes Region of beginning to look like a longshot when the think like nature,” said Pat, so the Colwells New York State surrounded by vineyards, Colwells learned about hybrid grapes, Eu- got chickens and guineas to act as a bug and Pat was raised in Northern Wisconsin ropean vinifera grapes crossed with grapes patrol for their vineyard. So visitors to in dairy and potato country — and as they native to North America. he vineyard see the birds wandering the approached the end of their “working” Combining European and American vineyard feasting on predatory insects years, they spent every weekend looking at grapes has been happening since the which are damaging to vines. The chickens farm properties to pursue that dream. late 1800s when the phylloxera epidemic eat underground grubs and the guinea “We looked at farm properties every destroyed most of the vineyards for wine fowl love Japanese beetles. The chickens weekend for a year,” said Pat Colwell. “And grapes in Europe, particularly in France. fertilize the soil, and the Colwells get to after awhile, they all started to look alike.” Ultimately, it was discovered that, as phyl- eat eggs. The property they chose, 35 acres on loxera originated in America, American “For a bird that is probably the dumbest the outskirts of Elkin in Surry County, grapes were more or less immune to it, bird on the planet, guinea fowl are re- was abandoned and overgrown when and in most of Europe’s vineyards today, markably efficient at controlling Japanese they bought it, covered in shoulder-high the grand old vinifera grapes are planted beetles,” laughed Pat. brambles, but the property sat on a knoll. on American rootstocks. Pat says the camaraderie of her fellow “Grapes like a knoll,” said Pat. “We’ve It turns out the hybrid grapes developed vineyard and winery owners in Surry got slopes on three sides.” during this research will grow organically County works to everyone’s advantage, After buying the farm, the Colwells con- in the Yadkin Valley, and Pat and Clyde citing the Surry Winter Wine Passport tinued traveling to the country on week- Colwell were the first vineyard in the state project as an example. Pat coordinated it ends, but instead of looking at property, to be certified organic. for the Surry Wineries group for several they were beginning the long, arduous “I can’t control the whole planet,” said years, but has recently passed the baton. task of converting an abandoned farm into Pat. ” But I can make sure this one piece of In 2010, the first year of the program, a vineyard. land doesn’t have any chemicals on it.” there were 59 passports. This year there “We’d drive up on Friday,” said Pat, work “When you plant grape vines, they look are 450. all day Saturday and Sunday, and then like sticks, ” said Pat. “We planted the first “The vineyards and wineries all help go back to our day jobs. We really didn’t ones in February, and by the end of March, each other,” Pat said. know what we were doing yet.” every one of those sticks had leaves on it. Fifteen years in, the Colwells have Clyde wanted to establish a vineyard A month later, I retired and never looked found success with growing grapes organi- and winery and Pat had long been focused back.” cally in North Carolina, and they are still on the importance of a clean environ- “It takes three years for the vines to researching new and different grapes and ment to life. So the Colwells were not only produce grapes, and in years three and processes. They are growing the grapes planning to start a vineyard, they planned four, we harvested with friends and family. they like to produce wine they like in the to start an organic vineyard. But experts Next thing we noticed, we had no more way they want to do it, despite everyone at NC State University told them it was friends.” who told them they could not. impossible to grow grapes organically in Though Clyde already had a PhD in North Carolina. his previous field, and Pat had a Master’s Reach Bill Colvard at 336-258-4035. WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2020 | ON THE VINE 9

TRI013120M.indd 9 2/4/20 3:17 PM Carolina Heritage’s 15th birthday bash.

Pat Colwell plants some of the first vines in 2005. The east field of Carolina Heritage can be seen here cleared and ready to plant.

Carolina Heritage Vineyard and Winery’s 15th birthday cake.

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TRI013120M.indd 10 2/4/20 3:17 PM Carolina Heritage’s front porch welcomes visitors into the winery’s tasting room.

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Tim and Jan Wahl 5 18 3 Winemaker: Tim Wahl (Yadkin Valley Region) 9 34 10 4 17 32 2 Location: Surry County, I-77 to exit 83 US 21 bypass North, left first 12 28 13 5 14 traffic light, left on N Bridge Street then right on Carter Mill Road, first 7 12 16 26 20 left on Benge Drive. 15 Tasting Room Hours: Thursday & Friday 12-5, Saturday 11-6, Sunday 1-5 24 8 Brandon Hills Vineyard 2 Elkin Creek Vineyard 16 Junius Lindsay Vineyard 336-463-WINE 8 33 10 13 6 336-526-5119 7 1927 Brandon Hills Road, Yadkinville, NC 27055 318 Elkin Creek Mill Road, Elkin, NC Lazy Elm Website: www.brandonhillsvineyard.com 17 14 28621 336-909-4914 21 4 Owners: Larry & Elizabeth Muller Tasting Room Hrs: Thursday – Sunday 11AM – 5PM. Wine Tast- 523 Danner Road, 30 3 Hours: Friday 1PM – 5PM, ing & Light Foods Daily, Brick-Oven Pizzas Every Sunday. Available Mocksville, NC 27028 8 1 Saturday 12PM – 6PM, Sunday 1PM – 5 PM for Weddings & Special Events – Private Luxury Rental Cabins www.lazyelm.com 16 (Closed January, Open Sat & Sun 1PM – 5PM in February) Website: www.elkincreekvineyard.com Open Friday-Sunday 12PM-6PMish Lat: 36.2804452 Long: -80.8763055 3 Carolina Heritage Vineyard & Winery 18 McRitchie Winery & Ciderworks 336-366-3301 170 Heritage Vines Way, Elkin, NC 28621 9 Flint Hill Vineyards & Century Kitchen 19 Medaloni Cellars Owners and Winemakers: Clyde & Pat Colwell 10 10 Grassy Creek Vineyard 20 MenaRick Vineyard & Winery Website: carolinaheritagevineyards.com 336-835-4230 Location: From I-77: Take I-77 Exit 85 East (Right) Hwy-268 235 Cottage Circle, 21 Misty Creek Vineyards 12 Bypass/CC Camp Road to Highway 268. Turn Left (East)- Highway State Road, NC 28676 5 SWAN CREEK AVA 268 for .8 mile. Vineyard is visible on the north side of 268 next to Owners: Derrill and Lori Rice, Jim and 22 Native Vines Winery Cynthia Douthit road sign: “Heritage Vines Way.” (10202 E Hwy 268-Elkin) From Dobbins Creek Vineyards Hwy 52/Hwy 601: Take Hwy 268 West for 3 miles from Hwy 601. Winemaker: Jim Douthit 1 Website: www.grassycreekvineyard.com 23 Old North State Winery & Brewery Vineyard is visible on the north side of Hwy 268 next to road sign: 25 RayLen Vineyards Laurel Gray Vineyards Location: Surry/Wilkes Counties — West off I-77 at Exit 85 to US RagApple Lassie Vineyards 2 “Heritage Vines Way.” (10202 E Hwy 268-Elkin) 21-Bypass North. left after first traffic light onto Klondike Road. 24 336-998-3100 30 Stony Knoll Vineyards Left into vineyard after about 1/2 miles. 3577 US Highway 158 3 Midnight Magdalena Vineyards 4 Cellar 4201 Mocksville, NC 27028 31 Surry Community College Winery 336-699-6030 11 Hanover Park Vineyard Hours: Monday-Saturday: 11am - 6pm 4 Piccione Vineyards 4201 Apperson Road, East Bend, NC Sunday: 12pm - 6pm 32 Sweet Home Carolina Vineyard & Winery 27018 12 Herrera Vineyards Email: [email protected] 5 Raffaldini Vineyards GPS Coordinates: 36D 14M 12S W80D 28M 26S 336-374-6337 Help Tourists Find You! 33 Weathervane Winery 336-835-9463 231 Vineyard Lane 26 Round Peak Vineyards 450 Groce Road, Ronda, NC 28670 Owner: Greg Hutchins, Donna Carlyle Hutchins Dobson, NC 27017 Winemaker: Charlie Kidd 34 Westbend Winery & Brewery Website: www.raffaldini.com www.herreravineyards.com 27 Sanders Ridge Vineyard Website: www.Cellar4201.com Email: [email protected] [email protected] Hours: Sunday 12PM – 5PM Location: Yadkin County From I-77 Exit 82 Travel East on Hwy 67 GPS Coordinates: Lat: 36.402001, Lon: -80.700562 35 Roaring River Vineyards 28 Shelton Vineyards 336-957-2332 Monday 11AM – 5PM to East Bend. Turn left onto Apperson Road. From Winston-Salem, Tasting Room & Restaurant Hours: Thursday 4pm-10pm, Friday & Saturday 11am-10pm, Sunday 11am-5pm Contact Holly Lamm to 336-366-4724 493 Brewer Mill Road, Traphill, NC 28685 Wednesday – Saturday 11AM – 5PM take Hwy 67 West, 1 mile past Yadkin River Bridge, turn right onto 286 Cabernet Lane, GPS Coordinates: 36.318514, -81.049772 Apperson Road, travel 2.6 miles on left. 13 Hutton Vineyards & Winery Dobson, NC 27017 Owners: Josephine & Tom Silvey 6 Shadow Springs Vineyard Owners: Charles M. Shelton and Wine Tasting Room & Restaurant Luxury Lodgings, Business 5 Chestnut Trail Vineyards add your logo, tasting R. Edwin Shelton Meetings, Weddings, Rehearsal Dinners, and Private Events. 7 Windsor Run Winery & Distillery 14 JOLO Winery & Vineyards Winemaker: Gill Giese Website: www.roaringrivervineyards.com 6 Childress Vineyards Website: www.sheltonvineyards.com 336-614-0030, 1-855-JOLOWINE Skull Camp Wines 219 JOLO Winery Lane room hours, phone Location: Surry County — I-77 to Exit 93 Dobson. Turn right, then 36 Divine Llama Vineyards, LLC Pilot Mountain, NC 27041 take first right onto Twin Oaks Rd. Go 2.5 miles to the Shelton 7 Vineyards entrance on the right. 37 Haze Gray Vineyards 336-699-2525 Website: www.jolovineyards.com 4126 Divine Llama Lane, Slightly Askew Winery 336-374-1072 Owners: JW & Kristen Ray number, website, etc. 29 761 Stony Knoll Road, Dobson, NC 27017 East Bend, NC 27018 336-835-2700 Location: Take exit 134 (NC 268) toward Pilot Mountain/Elkin. After Owners: Becky & Deane Muhlenberg GPS Coordinates: 913 N. Bridge Street, N36d 13m 10s W80d 20m 03s exiting 134, head west on Highway 268 and go around the round- Website: www.hazegrayvineyards.com Owners: Michael and Patricia West, Elkin, NC 28621 abouts, Continuing heading west on Hwy 268. Travel approximately Owners: Tim Gentry and Karen Defreitas Hours: Thursday – Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM; Paul Baumbach and Leslie Messick two miles and veer to the left onto Pilot Power Dam Road, a slight Website: www.slightlyaskewwines.com Sunday 12 PM – 6PM, or by appointment Monday-Wednesday Winemaker: Dana Aker fork in the road. JOLO Winery & Vineyards will be your first left. Location: Surry County — Take Exit 85 from I-77. West on 268 Lodging, Private Meeting/Conference Room, Weddings & Private Tasting Room Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12-6 year round [email protected] bypass (CC Camp Rd) .9 miles turn left on S-21 (N Bridge St.) go Events. Website: www.divinellamavineyards.com 15 Jones von Drehle Vineyards & Winery .8 miles, winery on right (yellow house). Location: From NC Hwy 67, turn onto Macedonia Road in East Wine List: Large selection of wines. 20+ wines from semi-dry to Bend. Vineyard is .6 mi on left. 336-835-1513 Dry Whites and Reds, and large selection of Fruit/Sweet wines. 70033060

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TRI013120M.indd 12-13 2/4/20 3:19 PM PIEDMONT REGION PIEDMONT REGION HAW RIVER AVA 1 Adams Vineyards and Winery 32 Stony Mountain Vineyards 2 Iron Gate Vineyards & Winery 704-982-0922 26370 Mountain Ridge Road, 3 Silk Hope Winery Autumn Creek Vineyard Albemarle, NC 28001 2 4 Starrlight Mead Website: www.stonymountainvineyards.com 3 A Secret Garden Winery Owners: Ken, Marie and Devron Furr 5 Wolfe Wines Location: Stanly County — Take Hwy 24-27 East from Albe- marle. Turn left at Stone Mountain sign. Turn right on Mountain MOUNTAIN REGION 4 Baker Buffalo Creek Vineyard & Winery Ridge Rd. 33 Treehouse Vineyards 1 Addison Farms Vineyard 34 2 Belle Nicho Winery 5 Black Rock Vineyards Uwharrie Vineyards 35 Woodmill Winery 3 Biltmore Estate Winery 6 Cauble Creek Vineyard 36 Zimmerman Vineyards 4 Burntshirt Vineyards 5 Calaboose Cellars 7 Chatham Hill Winery COASTAL REGION 6 Cerminaro Vineyard 1 Bannerman Vineyard And Winery 8 Cloer Family Vineyards 7 Cherokee Cellars Winery 2 Bennett Vineyards 8 Eagle Fork Vineyards 3 Botticelli Vineyards 9 Cougar Run Winery 9 Elk Mountain Winery 4 Duplin Winery 5 10 FernCrest Winery 10 Cypress Bend Vineyards Grapefull Sisters Vineyard 11 Ginger Creek Vineyards 6 Huffman Vineyards Winery & Mirey Creek Gifts 12 Green Creek Winery 11 Daveste’ Vineyards 7 Lake Road Winery 13 Lake James Cellars 704-528-3882 [email protected] 8 Lu Mil Vineyard 14 Mountain Brook Vineyards 155 Lytton Farm Rd., Troutman, NC 28166 910-866-5819 438 Suggs-Taylor Road, 15 Nottely River Valley Vineyards Website: www.davestevineyards.com Elizabethtown, NC 28337 16 Overmountain Vineyards Tasting Room & Art Gallery Website: www.lumilvineyard.com Owner: Ron Taylor 17 Parker-Binns Vineyard Vineyard, Winery, Brewery and Event Venue. Offering dry to Tasting Room Hours: Monday - Saturday (10am - 6pm) & 18 Sunday (1pm - 6pm) Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards semi-sweet wines in both red and white varieties of grape. Wine List: Old Cumberland, Taylor Divine, Bladen Blush, 19 Shadow Line Vineyard Harmony Hall, Cape Owen Red, Merry Christmas, Sir Walter 20 Raleigh, Red Sangria and White Sangria Silver Fork Vineyard & Winery 12 Fiddler’s Vineyard 21 Six Waterpots Vineyard & Winery 9 Martin Vineyards 13 Dennis Vineyards 22 South Creek Vineyards 10 Noni Bacca Winery 23 Twisted Vine Winery 11 Sanctuary Vineyards 14 Garden Gate Vineyards 24 Valley River Vineyards Silver Coast Winery 12 25 Waldensian Heritage Wines 15 Germanton Vineyard & Winery 910-287-2800 6680 Barbeque Rd., Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469 APPALACHIAN HIGH COUNTRY AVA 16 Gregory Vineyards Southport Tasting Room 1 Banner Elk Winery and Villa 910-777-5151 17 Grietje’s Garden Vineyard & Small Event Venue 105 S. Howe St., Southport NC 28461 2 Grandfather Vineyard & Winery Owners: John and Maryann Azzato Website: www.silvercoastwinery.com 3 Linville Falls Winery 18 Hinnant Family Vineyard Location: Brunswick County — From Hwy. 17 (7 mi. north of 4 Plumtree Valley Vineyards 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. 5 Raven Rock Vineyards 19 Honeygirl Meadery 6 Spencer Mountain Vineyards 13 The Country Squire Restaurant, 20 Little River Wines Inn & Winery 7 Thistle Meadow Winery (910) 296-1727 748 NC Hwy 24 & 50 8 Watauga Lake Winery and Vineyards Locklear Vineyards & Winery 21 Warsaw, NC 28398 423-768-0345 or 423-768-3633 Website: www.countrysquirewinery.com 6952 Big Dry Run Road, Butler, TN 37640 22 Morgan Ridge Vineyards & Brewhouse Winery Hours: Tues - Sat 12:00pm - Website: www.WataugaLakeWinery.com 7:00pm Restaurant: Home of the 72-ounce steak “The Kilt Buster”. 23 Native Son Vineyard and Farm SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGION Lunch: Sun - Fri 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Dinner: 7 days a week 5:30pm - until. 1 Blacksnake Meadery 24 Old Homeplace Vineyard Wine List: Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah, Chateau Morrisette Riesling, Pinot Grigio, White Zinfandel, 2 Pomegranate, Blackberry, Blueberry, Peach Old Stone Winery 3 Foggy Ridge Cider 25 Winery, Restaurant, Inn, Bed & Breakfast, and Vineyards all at same location. 4 Mt. Vale Vineyards 26 Owl’s Eye Vineyard & Winery LLC All ABC PERMITS 5 Villa Appalacia 14 The Tipsy Bee 27 Rock of Ages Winery If you wish to have an extended listing helping your 15 Vineyards on the Scuppernong, LLC customers to locate and contact you, please call Holly Lamm with On The Vine Magazine. 28 Rocky River Vineyards 16 Cape Fear Vineyard & Winery Winery Address: 195 Vineyard Drive We will be happy to invoice you annually for your Elizabethtown, NC 28337 listing in our quarterly publication. 29 Southern Charm Winery Phone (844) VINE-FUN Monday - Sunday Lunch 11:30 am - 4 pm [email protected] Wednesday - Saturday Dinner 5:00 pm- 9 pm 336-835-1513 30 Stephens Vineyard & Winery Website: www.CapeFearWinery.com Annual Listing with phone number, location, directions, website, owner and/or winemaker names 31 Stonefield Cellars HAW RIVER AVA is $100 annually. 1 Grove Winery To add your logo is an additional $50 annually. 70033061 14 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2020 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM

TRI013120M.indd 14 2/4/20 3:17 PM NOV. 10 • Reevestock Music Festival, in partnership with Grassy Creek Vineyard & Winery & Explore Elkin present: Calendar “Reevestock Offshoots” - Curated, Intimate of Events concerts to get you through. w/ Blue Cactus & Justin Clyde Williams Music. Offshoot buzzword for this show: TWANG. and gratuity. Please continue to check our 3-6 p.m. Wine and beer available for NOVEMBER website for a full menu description. Make purchase. Free parking. Only $10. No ticket • 2nd annual Brandon Hills Vineyard your reservations by calling Harvest Grill at fees. Limited tickets. Food Drive. Brandon Hills is collecting 336-366-3590 or email us at harvestgrill@ canned goods, non perishable food and/or sheltonvineyards.com. Reservations NOV. 16 cash donations. All items collected will be required and are held with a credit card. • Wine Showdown at Harvest Grill, delivered to YC Ministries. No cancellations within 48 hours of the Shelton Vineyard. 6:30 p.m. We invite you event. NOV. 2 to join us for a fun filled evening at Harvest • Food Truck: Wraps Around the World • Murder Mystery Dinner 6:30 p.m. Grill. Two teams will make wine pairing at Raffaldini Vineyard. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Harvest Grill, Shelton Vineyard. suggestions to a Vintner’s Dinner. As our guest, you will decide your favorite wine We need your help solving this murder NOV. 3 pairing with each course. At the end of the mystery. Enjoy a night of suspense as our • Weathervane Winery’s 11th Anniversary. evening, we will count all the votes and very own staff from Harvest Grill perform Noon until 5pm. A special food truck will determine who will be the recipient of the an interactive one-of-a-kind storyline be on site. Ken Davis will preform 2 until 2019 Wine Showdown Award. Enjoy a five- complete with a special meal prepared 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. course dinner, each course will be paired by our culinary team. Enjoy a four-course • Food Truck: Wraps Around the World with two different wines for you to vote on meal designed by Chef Frances and at Raffaldini Vineyard. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. culinary staff as they continue to surprise your favorite. $75.00 per person plus tax you throughout the evening. Dinner NOV. 9 -10 and gratuity. Please continue to check our includes your choice of two glasses of • Food Truck: Gettin’ Sauced in the City website for a full menu description. Make wine or beer. $75.00 per person plus tax at Raffaldini Vineyard. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. See CALENDAR | 21

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Hunter Leigh Photography A grapevine swing at Sanders Ridge offers a special spot for bridal portraits.

By Kitsey Burns Harrison married at our Barn do so [email protected] not only because they are searching for those gorgeous The Yadkin Valley is a spe- photos ops and local great cial place not only for wine wine, but they also have the lovers, but also for lovers opportunity to make their planning their special day to wedding day their very own. say “I do.” In addition to the Whether they want to spend many wineries which offer large amounts of money event spaces for weddings, entertaining hundreds of there a number of other guests, or keep it simple wedding venues as well. with a few family members Susan Clendenen Photography “The Yadkin Valley not and close friends, the Barn A cotton-candy sky at sunset provides the backdrop only supplies the best back- allows for any wedding to drops for wedding photos become a dream come true.” for a newly married couple at Sanders Ridge. and the most delicious The Barn at Heritage wines for guests, it also Farm is just one of the many brings with it that ‘down- venues that offer couples a While the wine and and the surrounding coun- home’ country feeling,” said unique space which brings viticulture industry is new ties. Jessica Jonczak of The Barn the rich cultural heritage of to the region, family farms “One thing that sets The at Heritage Farm in Dobson. the Yadkin Valley region to have a long history through- Barn at Cranberry Creek “I believe couples who get life. out Yadkin, Surry, Wilkes apart from many other 16 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2020 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM

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venues is our history,” said and family history of our Christy Brown, Event Man- 72-year-old, two-story barn ager at Cranberry Creek in makes it unique and appeal- Boonville. “What was once ing. Our service and ameni- a family dairy farm, where ties set us apart.” cows were milked, crops Jessica Wagoner, a Hamp- were tended, and hay was tonville-based wedding stored, is now a charmingly- photographer with Little restored wedding venue.” Wagon Photo, said that “We’re now a fifth-gen- seeing new life sprung from eration family business,” aging barns, now restored, is Brown explained. “Our goal what brings a special charm is to share our love of the to weddings in the Yadkin land and the farm with our Valley. couples. Sharing in one The Liberty in Historic Tiffany McCord Photography of life’s greatest moments Downtown Elkin is another A newlywed couple shares a special is a gift we don’t take for restored space, formerly a granted. We once cultivated tobacco warehouse, that moment at Elkin Creek Vineyard. the land, now we help cul- couples travel to from tivate dreams! Beyond the around the state and beyond rich history of our venue, to tie the knot. reason couples are choosing many of the area vineyards our couples love the services Owner Cicely McCullouch the Yadkin Valley for their and wineries provide beauti- and all that is offered with said couples love the space special day, but it is a bonus ful locations for weddings our wedding packages. Many and the amenities provided as it offers their out-of-town as well. of our clients gladly travel at a much lower cost than guests something special Elkin Creek Vineyard from the Charlotte metro venues in larger metro- to do while they are in the is one of the area winer- and Raleigh-Durham areas politan areas of the state. area. ies offering a full wedding for the amenities we pro- McCulloch said the wine In addition to the historic wedding experience with vide. The beauty, character, region is not necessarily the farms in the Yadkin Valley, lodging, catering, beverage, WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2020 | ON THE VINE 17

TRI013120M.indd 17 2/4/20 3:17 PM Little Wagon Photography The first dance at a wedding held at Winding Creek in Hamptonville.

Hunter Leigh Photography The bride’s gown gets its own photo session at this Sanders Ridge Winery wedding.

Little Wagon Photography A bridal party photo at The Barn at Cranberry Creek.

Hunter Leigh Photography Places are set for a wedding at Sanders Ridge Winery.

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TRI013120M.indd 18 2/4/20 3:17 PM Meghan St. Pierre Photography DesiLu Photography Newlyweds are all smiles on their A bridal portrait at the pond at Dobson special day at Elkin Creek Vineyards. wedding venue The Barn at Heritage Farm.

Bella Ann Photography A couple shares a kiss in the vineyard at Sanders Ridge.

Peyton Hamby Photography Wedding at The Liberty in Elkin CELEBRATING and event management all Raffaldini Vineyards in 15 YEARS! on-site. Ronda, Sanders Ridge in “Elkin Creek Vineyard Boonville and Hanover Park believes in offering couples in Yadkinville are just a few and families not only a of the Yadkin Valley winer- beautiful setting for their ies which offer wedding and wedding and photographs event packages. but also a personable expe- From a creek-side ceremo- rience focused on hospital- ny at a vineyard to an inside ity direct from the own- wedding in a restored fam- ers and caretakers of this ily barn, the Yadkin Valley special place,” said co-owner boasts a bountiful selection First USDA-Certified Organic and event manager Jennifer of beautiful venues to meet Vineyard & Winery in the Southeast! White. “Elkin Creek Vine- the needs of couples search- yard is proud to celebrate ing for the perfect spot for And our wines are Vegan-Friendly & Gluton-Free! love in all of its diversity, their special day. 70032486 and we work to ensure each 170 Heritage Vines Way, Elkin, NC 28621 • (on Hwy 268 – 3 mi east of I-77 - Exit 85) couple feels uniquely cared Kitsey Burns Harrison may be reached at 336-679-2341 or on Twitter and for.” Instagram @RippleReporterK. (336) 366-3301 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2020 | ON THE VINE 19

TRI013120M.indd 19 2/4/20 3:17 PM DesiLu Photography A sunset kiss at The Barn at Heritage Farm in Dobson.

Little Wagon Photography The stunningly restored Barn at Cranberry Creek

Peyton Hamby Photography on a family farm makes a lovely location for A table setting at The Liberty in Elkin. weddings and bridal portraits.

J. Darren Photography Sunset in the vineyard at Sanders Ridge makes a perfect setting for this newlywed couple.

Sam Vargas Photography A bride and groom creek side at Elkin Creek Vineyard.

The gazebo at Sanders Ridge Winery is a popular wedding spot.

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TRI013120M.indd 20 2/4/20 3:17 PM Urban Bloom Photography The creek at Elkin Creek Vineyard is a popular spot for newlywed couples.

at Shelton Vineyard. 5:30 Signature Series Blending CALENDAR DEC. 7 p.m. until. Back by popular Event. Create your own blend • Holiday Open House at demand. We will host our and compete for the best. From page 15 Shelton Vineyard. 11 a.m. - 5 annual New Year’s Eve Party $300/couple includes a case of p.m. Free admission. It’s the at The Barn at Heritage Farm. your own wine, instruction and your reservations by calling Holidays. Come and join us for Doors open at 9:30. Dance appetizers. Harvest Grill at 336-366-3590 all the sights, sounds and tastes tickets will be available along or email us at harvestgrill@ of the season. Case specials with full packages; including JAN. 25-26 sheltonvineyards.com for purchase - just in time $100.00 towards dinner at • Yadkin Winter Reds Event. •Smores Saturdays at Adagio to stock up for your holiday the Harvest Grill, two tickets Ongoing Vineyards. Join us at the Fire parties. “Spiked” Ciders, light to our DJ/Dance party, and • 3 to 6 p.m. — Skull Camp Pit for complimentary Smores snacks. Lots of wonderful gift hotel accommodations at the Brewing, 1980 N. Bridge St., paired with a wine tasting. ideas to start checking off your Hampton Inn & Suites at Elkin, will host local musicians NOV. 16-17 shopping list. Shelton Vineyards. Dress to for live music each Sunday. • Food Truck: Street DEC. 8 impress and celebrate New Admission is free. Gourmet at Raffaldini • Tasting Notes Violin Duets Year’s with Shelton Vineyards. • 7 p.m. — Skull Camp Vineyard. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Adagio Vineyards. Full Packages - Starting Brewing, 1980 N. Bridge St., • Ken Davis preforming NOV. 22- DEC. 31 at $330.00 Includes hotel Elkin, will host Music Bingo live from 2 until 4:30 at • Yadkin Yuletide Sippin’ accommodations, $100.00 each Thursday. The activity is Weathervane Winery. Tour. Participating wineries towards dinner at the Harvest free and prizes are gifted to Admission is free. are Brandon Hills, Cellar Grill, and two tickets to our winners. DEC. 14 4201, Divine Llama, Flint Hill, DJ/Dance party. Dance Tickets • 6-10 p.m. — Herrera • Holiday Wine Dinner at Hanover Park, Laurel Gray, Only - $110.00 per couple. All Vineyards, 231 Vineyard Lane, Elkin Creek Vineyard. Midnight Magdalena, RagApple tickets include a Champagne Dobson, host Karaoke Night Lassie, Sanders Ridge, Shadow Toast at Midnight and Breakfast DEC. 21 every Friday. Guests receieve Springs and Windsor Run Bar. Shuttle services will food followed by music on • Wine Club Appreciation Cellars. be available for the entire the patio. Patio chairs are Day at Raffaldini Vineyard. evening. Packages are available welcome on the patio. Limited 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: NOV. 23 -24 by calling Danielle Davis at seating and reservations highly Raffaldini Vineyards 336- • Food Truck: Gettin’ Sauced 336-366-4724 ext. 114 or email recommended for dining. 835-9463, info@raffaldini. in the City at Raffaldini [email protected] For more information or com La Famigilia Raffaldini Vineyard. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. JAN. 18 reservations, call 336-374-6337. cordially invites all of our wine - • Round Peak Vineyards NOV. 29 DEC. 1 club members to our wine • Food Truck: Street club member appreciation Gourmet at Raffaldini day. You’ll enjoy live music, Vineyard. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. samples from local vendors DECEMBER raffles for door prizes and • Operation We Care. special tastings all day. This Brandon Hills Vineyard is event is free; however, please AutheNtiC MexiCAN CuiSiNe collecting goods and/or cash RSVP to eventplanning@ donations to mail goods to US raffaldini.com. This event is in Yadkinville, N.C. Marines deployed overseas for those age 21 and over. Stop We pride ourselves in treating during the holiday season. by the tasting room, visit our our customers like family and we will always use quality ingredients website www.raffaldini.com, DEC. 1 We offer to prepare your food. Come dine call 336.835.9463 or email us in with us any day of the week from James Brickey at Grassy special occasion at [email protected] for catering for 11:00 am to 9:00pm. events and Creek Vineyard. 2 p.m. - more information. Our dInnEr mEnu Is ExpandIng mOrE businesses all ThE TImE! 4:30 p.m. Lead singer and DEC. 31 and private guitarist of Hollowfade will be events. 1125 W. Main St. | Yadkinville, N.C. 27055 • New Year’s Eve celebration Eat In or Take Out! (336) 677-1447 | eljarritonc.com performing all original songs. 70033020 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2020 | ON THE VINE 21

TRI013120M.indd 21 2/4/20 3:17 PM Bill Colvard | On The Vine Linguine with white clam sauce pairs perfectly PICCIONE with Piccione Vineyards pinot grigio. VINEYARDS Summons Spring

Pinot Grigio is a staple Pinot Grigio and of its Northeastern home of Veneto, Italy, where it is white clam sauce typically harvested weeks before other white grapes are a perfect pairing in order to maintain its signature acidic nature. The 2017 Pinot Grigio By Bill Colvard from Piccione Vineyards in [email protected] Ronda is perfectly suited for this light, summery dish, Nothing says beachy, both as an ingredient and seaside dinner like linguine as an accompaniment. Their with clam sauce. Pinot Grigio ferments in As winter wears on and stainless-steel tanks rather spring beckons but has not than oak barrels in order to yet presented itself and maintain its famously crisp summer remains but a dis- and light notes. tant dream, some linguine After you’ve used a cup and clams can bring sum- of the wine to steam your mer to the dinner table. clams, you’ll have enough But to get the full warm left to enjoy the chef’s out. Feelings can run strong 1/2 cup water weather feeling, you need privilege of polishing off on this issue. One possible 1 large pinch crushed red to use fresh, unshucked the bottle while you’re solution is to put a dish of pepper flakes clams. Yes, it’s possible to cooking. freshly grated Parmigiano- 1 pound linguine buy canned clams and clam Be sure and get another Reggiano on the table, to 2 tablespoons butter juice from which you can bottle or a few (depending be used or not, depending 2 tablespoons chopped prepare a serviceable clam on how many people you’re on each guest’s taste and Italian parsley leaves sauce, but there won’t be having for dinner). The convictions. Even this may 2 tablespoons chopped any shells on your plate, fruity, lemony aroma and instigate a lively discussion. oregano leaves and that’s no fun. distinctive minerality on Be prepared. 1 cup grated Parmigiano- You also won’t have the the finish are going to pair For a dish that’s impres- Reggiano, optional, plus opportunity to steam those perfectly with your clam sive enough for a party, shavings for garnish clams in wine, which is the sauce. linguine with white clam Kosher salt real secret to the flavor of There’s only one com- sauce is surprisingly quick Finishing extra-virgin this dish. Simmering live plication here, but it’s a and easy to prepare. It only olive oil (high quality) clams with the intoxicat- doozie. Traditionally, Italian takes 40 minutes to prepare Coat a large sauté pan ing aromas and flavors of cuisine does not mix fish the following recipe for six. with olive oil and add half a good white wine, slowly and cheese, and recipes Linguine with White the garlic cloves. Bring the coaxing them to open their usually reflect this. The fol- Clam Sauce pan to a medium-high heat shells to its deliciousness, is lowing recipe does includes Extra-virgin olive oil and cook until the garlic the only way to go. a bit of Parmigiano-Reggia- 9 cloves garlic, smashed becomes golden brown. Theoretically, any dry no, reflecting more Ameri- 5 dozen fresh littleneck When the garlic is golden white wine will work, but can tastes, (with the indica- clams, unshucked and brown and very aromatic, nothing works as well as a tion that it is optional), but scrubbed under cold run- remove it and discard, it crisp Pinot Grigio. It only if anyone on your guest list ning water has done its duty. makes sense to match an is of Italian heritage, it’s 1 cup Piccione pinot Put 3 -1/2 dozen clams in Italian grape with a classic probably best to leave it grigio the pan with the wine and Italian dish. 1/2 cup of water. Cover the 22 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2020 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM

TRI013120M.indd 22 2/4/20 3:17 PM Photos by: Kitsey Burns Harrison | On The Vine Bill Colvard | On The Vine Piccione Vineyards . Linguine with white clam sauce.

Kitsey Burns Harrison | On the Vine Kitsey Burns Harrison | On the Vine Piccione Vineyards . Enjoy a glass of wine at Piccione Vineyards.

pan and bring it to a boil cloves and a large pinch spoons of juice but that is cooked pasta and the herbs. over medium heat. Cover of crushed pepper flakes. better than sandy pasta. Cook the pasta together and cook until the clams Bring the pan to a medium- Cover and cook until the with the sauce until the open, about 10 minutes. high heat and cook until clams open. sauce clings to the pasta. Remove the clams from the the garlic becomes golden While the clams are Turn off the heat and toss pan and reduce the cooking brown. When the garlic cooking, drop the linguine in the grated Parmigiano- liquid. Let the clams cool is golden brown and very into the salted boiling water Reggiano, if using, and slightly, then remove them aromatic, remove it and and cook until the pasta is finish with a drizzle of from the shells and reserve. discard, you’ve got what very “al dente,” a minute or finishing oil. Toss or stir Discard the shells. Pour you need from it. Add the so less than the box directs. vigorously to combine. the cooking liquid into a remaining raw clams and Remove the cooked clams Divide the pasta into measuring cup. reserved clam cooking liq- in their shells from the pan serving dishes and garnish Bring a large pot of well uid to the pan. and keep warm. Add the with the clams that are still salted water to a boil over When adding the re- butter and cooked clams in their shells and a little medium heat. served clam liquid, be sure that have been removed more shaved Parmigiano- Coat the samé saute pan to check for sand and grit from their shells back to Reggiano, if desired. again with olive oil and in the bottom. You may lose the pan. Bring the liquid add the remaining garlic the last couple of table- to a boil and toss in the Reach Bill Colvard at 336-258-4035. WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2020 | ON THE VINE 23

TRI013120M.indd 23 2/4/20 3:17 PM 19th Annual Yadkin Valley Wine Festival Saturday, May 16, 2020 11 am-5 pm Elkin Municipal Park Hwy 268 Elkin Take exit 82 or 85 off of I-77 and follow the signs Wine will be given away every hour to lucky festival goers Wine tasting tickets are $30 at the gate or $22 in advance Tickets can be ordered from: Eventbrite.com

th 19 Annual Presented By: Saturday, May 16, 2020 Elkin, NC • 11am-5pm Elkin Muncipal Park

The Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to our local wine, food and music.

4th Saturday in September Elkin, NC • 9am- 4pm Historic Downtown Elkin 70033115

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