Spring 2021 on the Vine

Spring 2021 ON THE VINECarolina Wine Country News GOLDEN ROAD VINEYARDS HIDDEN VINEYARDS STARDUST CELLARS WINEMAKER’S CORNER SPARKLING WINE; A PERFECT PAIRING WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM Wine Regions Keeps On GROWING & KITSEY BURNS HARRISON and the inclement weather that posed threats to the GLOWING 2020 vintages. While the pandemic has in the region. If you’re a fan sic and plenty of local wine It might seem like 2021 created numerous chal- of romantic Hallmark mov- flowing. Planning for those is still an uphill battle, but lenges, the Yadkin Valley ies, you’ll love reading about large-scale events is still up there is hope and reason to wine region is continuing to how the owners of both of in the air, but there will still celebrate. Certified Somme- adapt and thrive. Not only these new wineries first met. be plenty to enjoy at area lier Jeremy Stamps tells us have wineries come up with Chance encounters on the wineries. Stardust Cellars in all about the sparkling wines unique ways to continue job in very different indus- Wilkesboro is just one local of North Carolina, a perfect to safely serve customers, tries lead to both of these vineyard offering up unique pairing for any celebration but several new wineries love stories and now new drinks and fun for all. or just to enjoy with Tuesday have opened tasting rooms. careers for these wine lovers On the topic of challenges, night tacos. Golden Road Vineyards and in the Yadkin Valley. in this edition of On The Cheers, Hidden Vineyards are two of Spring in wine country is Vine, winemaker Louis Jero- Kitsey Burns Harrison the newest wineries to open usually time for festivals, mu- slow reflects on the past year Editor Jonesville discover • Golfing • Local Parks • Trails • Festivals • State Parks • Rivers & Lakes • Antiques • Local Vineyards Learn More at visitjonesvillenc.com 70045093 2 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2021 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM content FEATURES Hidden Vineyards offers Courtesy photo 4 fun and sophistication Wines from Golden Road Vineyard. Golden Road Vineyards opens with gratitude on 6 Thanksgiving weekend 2020 Winemaker’s Corner: Louis Jeroslow finds hope amid 11 challenging weather for vineyard All about the sparkling 12 wines of North Carolina Courtsey photo Stardust Cellars revives Winemaker Louis Jeroslow in ancient wine making the vineyard at Elkin Creek 14 techniques EDITOR KITSEY BURNS HARRISON CONTRIBUTING WRITERS LOUIS JEROSLOW, JEREMY STAMPS & LISA MICHALS ADVERTISING DIRECTOR HOLLY LAMM ADVERTISING INQUIRIES 336-835-1513 Lisa Michals| On The Vine CALENDAR OF EVENTS The new tasting room and and an 1890s tobacco cabin [email protected] offer plenty of space to enjoy the wines at Hidden On The Vine Vineyard in Dobson. 214 E. MAIN ST., ELKIN, NC 28621 On The Vine is published quarterly by Adams Publishing Group LLC. COVER DESIGN & PUBLICATION DESIGN ON THE COVER: Photo courtesy of Jeremy Stamps DARLA ALLEN A glass od sparkling wine at The Wisdom Table. WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2021 | ON THE VINE 3 Lisa Michals | On The Vine Hidden Vineyard HIDDEN kust outside Dobson features two whites and VINEYARD three reds at its tasting room, and will add a blush to OPENS FUN, SOPHISTICATED the lineup in Spring TASTING ROOM 2021 By Lisa Michals it’s been a journey that took Longenettes — who were vineyards in Virginia and [email protected] the combined forces of the living in California — were North Carolina along the Shermans’ horticulture- thinking about investment way.” About the time when focused handiness and the ideas. Vines and design you’re trying to decide business and marketing “None of us had vineyard The Shermans lived in if Hidden Vineyard is a savvy of the Longenettes. experience other than being their travel trailer while Tim transport to West Coast “The appraiser said it wine lovers,” Claudia said. rewired and replumbed the sophistication after sipping looked beyond neglected,” “We thought of the East winery buildings, which that restrained petit Lisa Sherman recalled Coast and North Carolina include an 1890s tobacco manseng, or if instead it of the overgrown grass region, because when Josh cabin that was moved to the is more of a playful family hiding the vines that were was first starting to work, he site from Yadkin County winery where a bottle established in 2002. “We was in South Carolina. Lisa in the 1970s. Tim enrolled called Franc the Tank is knew it was going to be and Tim would go and visit in three classes at Surry the bestseller, you round labor-intensive, but we him and they would stop at Community College’s the corner to the grand didn’t know it was going to promenade between nine be this labor intensive.” acres of vines. And then it ‘We retired and bought a becomes clear the place is vineyard’ ON THE 100 percent Yadkin Valley, Lisa Sherman’s degree because Pilot Mountain is in horticulture, but she stands serenely on the never used it professionally horizon and there’s nothing until now. The Shermans else to do but stop and take met on yearbook photo day it all in. at an elementary school It’s called Hidden in Ohio. Lisa was first a Carolina Wine Country News Vineyard because when Tim photographer and later VINE and Lisa Sherman moved in an account manager for back in 2017, the neighbors Lifetouch, the national confessed they didn’t even school photo and yearbook WINTER 2020 Get 4 issues know the vineyard was company. She took Tim’s ON THE there. photo when he was a fifth- delivered to Tucked just outside grade teacher. Years later, Dobson near the Yadkin their paths crossed again VINECarolina Wine Country News your home River, Hidden Vineyard when Tim was an assistant opened its delightful tasting principal, and sparks flew. room in November 2020 “He didn’t remember me,” with an estate-grown lineup she laughed. Only of two whites and three reds. Their first date was to a The Shermans tend the FINE WINES OF NC HONORED Cleveland Indians baseball SIPPING AT A DISTANCE $ 00 vines entirely themselves, game, and Tim eventually COOKING WITH WINE: PLUM PUDDING and it is indeed a family SERRE VINEYARDS OPENS 28. found those photos she took WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM affair - they co-own the from when he taught fifth vineyard with their son and grade. daughter-in-law Josh and When the Shermans Subscribe Today! Claudia Longenette. started to think about Like any startup vineyard, Call 336.786.4141 retirement in 2017, the 70045395 4 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2021 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM viticulture program: tasting flight demonstrates movie “Old School,” this is Introduction to Viticulture; their refined palates. And Hidden Vineyard’s take on a Grape Harvest; and Grapes, also their sense of fun. sweet wine. It’s a Cabernet Pests and Diseases. They It opens with the petit Franc infused with a sanitized and fertilized manseng, a stainless steel- prominent blueberry finish. the soil and got to work aged white with floral and Think sweet wine beyond pruning. The Longenettes honeysuckle front and muscadine. held down the business side an invigorating but not “There aren’t many sweets of things, and everyone put overpowering ginger and that are barrel aged, and their stamp on Claudia’s lemongrass finish. this is barrel aged,” Lisa curated design for the It’s followed by the explained of its unusual tasting room. Chardonnay — Lisa’s character due to French oak. Lisa Michals | On The Vine Tim hand-planed trees pet project — that she “One of the things that that fell on the property said she always knew she we wanted to make sure Owner Tim Sherman with during Hurricane Florence, would name after her fun- we promote is that there is a door he made from a and the wine bar itself, loving dog, Lunchbox. The more that we can do, that cedar tress that fell on several doors and the Chardonnay begins with we can come up with a very the vineyard property. bathroom sink pedestals are classic vanilla and French good sweet wine but made all beautifully repurposed oak, but concludes with out of Cab Franc,” Claudia from the grounds. The surprising overtones of added. — despite the pandemic — Longenettes acid-stained pear and green apple on The family credited much is exactly on track. the concrete floors, and Josh top of traditional buttery of their quick success to the The immediate future poured the concrete work smoothness. That finish supportive Yadkin Valley of Hidden Vineyard isn’t bar along the tasting room’s stems from a last-minute wine culture and their rosy — it’s blush. In Spring back wall. need for an extra barrel for collaborative winemaking 2021, they plan to release a The tasting room exudes the batch. Tim went to the neighbors. They are blush merlot with a fragrant an earthy elegance — the local wine supply shop and confident the region will strawberry nose. sophistication of wine there was no French oak to continue to gain acclaim, “It’s the prettiest color,” culture meets the materials be had. and said their business plan Lisa said. only nature can craft. “I needed one that day,” A playfulness courses he recalled, and headed throughout the space, where home with a Hungarian even in the restroom curly barrel. cursive letters encourage “It turned out to be a visitors to “please sit pretty.” blessing in disguise,” Lisa Outside, Lisa’s educational said when they realized the vine row — “Pilot Path” — dimension it brought to the offers a space where the Chardonnay. Shermans and Longenettes Sweet wine beyond personally introduce visitors muscadine to each of the grape varietals Both the petit manseng they grow.

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