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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 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

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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 program: tasting flight demonstrates movie “Old School,” this is Introduction to Viticulture; their refined palates. And Hidden Vineyard’s take on a Harvest; and , 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. — 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 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. — called Pilot Path — and CELEBRATING Shaping wine through the estate’s precision and happenstance won medals in the 2020 15 YEARS! The Shermans literally Great American Wine tend every grape. Competition. The Lisa, who calls herself Chambourcin — named “the vine witch” and has for Claudia’s nickname of an Instagram feed with the “Claus” — features the dual same moniker, hand-prunes red fruit-and-earth character the leaves around the at which the varietal so clusters. readily excels. “So there’s never a time Rounding out the five- that the grapes aren’t wine tasting flight is Hidden First USDA-Certified Organic absorbing the sunshine,” Vineyard’s top seller - Franc Lisa said. “I’m going to the Tank, which has won Vineyard & Winery in the Southeast! expose my grapes from the over sweet and dry wine And our wines are Vegan-Friendly & Gluton-Free! time they’re beady size.” aficionados alike, and 70038946 The family may have even a few stalwart beer 170 Heritage Vines Way, Elkin, NC 28621 • (on Hwy 268 – 3 mi east of I-77 - Exit 85) bought the vineyard for a drinkers. Named by Josh love of wine, but the current in honor of the Will Farrell (336) 366-3301 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2021 | ON THE VINE 5 GOLDEN ROAD VINEYARDS A GRATEFUL BEGINNING AT ONE OF SURRY’S NEWEST WINERIES

By Kitsey Burns Harrison “The socially distant fire [email protected] pits were a hit and spaced everyone out so folks felt STATE ROAD — One safe and comfortable,” Crista of the newest Yadkin explained. Valley wineries opened its “Being brand new, we tasting room Thanksgiving knew everyone wanted to weekend 2020. Golden Road sample all the wines and Vineyards, located at 542 we had a self-guided tasting Golden Road, is owned and sheet to navigate the red Courtesy photo operated by Chad and Crista and white flight boards,” Guebert. Crista continued. “The Chad and Crista Guebert “This is three years in the biggest hits for the weekend work on their new tasting making and we can’t wait were the Petit Manseng room at Golden Road to share our award-winning and the , our Vineyards in State Road. estate wines with you all,” award winning white wines, said Crista Guebert ahead of with the Tannat not too far bombs as well as creating Farmer’s Daughter and her this weekend’s opening. behind.” the specialized GRV wine soy candles poured in GRV’s While most of Americans The Gueberts said one infused truffles that will wine bottles. Mt. Airy’s State spend Thanksgiving day of their goals is to be as a be out for the month of of Graze provides cheese feasting on turkey, ham, and family friendly as possible. February. There’s also the and charcuterie boxes endless side dishes, this ”We offer juice boxes and past Thanksgiving was very smores kits for the kids to different story for Chad and make by the fireside, but Prime Real Estate For Sale | Klondike Cabin Retreat | Yadkin Valley, NC Crista. Instead of turkey honestly, the adults love induced food coma naps and them just as much,” Crista football, the day was filled said. putting the final touches on A wall made from old the Tasting Room. wine barrels is a unique Blue Ridge Mountains “Some amazing friends feature of the GRV Tasting and family helped us that room. Klondike Lake Main Cabin day and it indeed was a “Everyone was an avid day of being grateful and fan of the Barrell Wall, Game Room thankful,” Crista said. which is comprised of Hanes Cottage Opening weekend for about nine barrels. Josh Golden Road Vineyards was Luffman with L&L Home a blur, the couple said. Improvements built the wall. “No one wanted to go The original plan was to Playhouse Cabin shopping that Black Friday, just use the outsides of the they wanted to be here and barrels to create the wall, Own A Unique Piece of History | Klondike Cabin Resort on 49.7 +/- acres in Yadkin Valley GRV was finally open and until they were taken apart Wine Country. This prime peice of real estate was originally established in the 1940s surrounding a small stream called Grassy Creek. Today the cabins are used as a stylish welcoming all friendly faces. and we decided we had to retreat for vacationing, recreation and weddings. The property is aslo ideal for a private The weather was perfect — incorporate the insides of estate. The grounds include Klondike Lake and dam, Grassy Creek and a collection of really couldn’t have asked the barrels to show off the four authentic log cottages filled with early American antiques, historic artwork, decoys and trophies. The cabins feature stone fireplaces, pine floors, exposed beams, log for a better day, and our first deep reds,” said Crista. walls with chinking and vaulted ceilings. The property adjoins Grassy Creek Winery and customers were Carolina GRV also seeks to feature Vineyard ad a spur trail of the Mountain-toSea Trail. Located only one mile outside Elkin city limits, this beautiful, exclusive land is private yet conveniently located near wineries, Heritage Winery, owners other local products in the Stone Mountain, the Blue Ridge Parkway and I-77 for east access to neighboring towns, Pat and Clyde Colwell, then tasting room. airports and other urban destinations. MLS No. 976548 | $915,000 more and more flooded in,” “You’ll find Elkin’s own, said Crista. The Flour Company, bread Chad’s family visited from and croissant sandwiches

Charlotte and a college here. Mountain Park’s LG Eris Ball | 336-366-9210 | [email protected] friend visited all the way Confections with their hot Robert Ball | 336-366-9212 | [email protected] 20 N. Bridge St., Elkin, NC 28621 | underdownball.com | Fax 336-835-8985 | Phone 336-835-2256 from Richmond, Virginia. chocolate and apple cider 70045096 6 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2021 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM and boards. Lastly, you’ll her summers travelling Now fast forward a year later, also find Winston-Salem’s in Spain, China, and Crista moved on a DoD/VA Dewey’s cookies as well as Denmark and backpacking joint Electronic Healthcare Black Mountain Chocolate in Eastern/Western Europe project and Chad was sold here,” explained Crista. and Thailand. Crista had intern-turn-strategic The winery already big dreams to become a hire and they wound up has two award winning jet setting, world traveling, supporting the same client. wines to its credit from international business November 2013, they were their 2019 harvest season. woman. instructed by clients to start Golden Road Vineyards She moved to the East working together on aligned Petit Manseng won Bronze Coast right after undergrad projects. Little did Crista in the Great American and fell into her career in know, she already met Chad International Wine federal consulting. Crista’s the summer before, but Competition in New York. career started as a defense it was now Chad that had Traminette also won Bronze, contractor and consulted clearly remembered her! Courtesy photos as as well as a Silver in the intelligence agencies, federal In January of 2014, Chad Wine tasting guide at Lone Star International law enforcement agencies, and Crista started dating. Golden Road Vineyards. Wine Competition down in and eventually moved into Crista said was very pleased Texas. military health. She also to find out she was dating Golden Road Vineyards spent five years consulting a very clever and creative Carolina they called also features a rosé of for Veterans Affairs and has veteran who had got into Alexandria, in Northern Merlot. Because of its proudly spent most of her wine making during his time Virginia, their home. On beautiful pink color, it is career in Health IT as a in the Navy while stationed weekends, they’d wake up at aptly named Mountain Park Project Manager supporting in Italy. He came back to the 5 a.m. for a year as they took Sunset. They have three the nation’s veterans and USA and he and his dad got classes at Piedmont Virginia reds from their 2018 vintage: active duty military. Though in making homemade wine Community College where Merlot, Tannat, and their her educational and career with wine kits or fruit. they toured a handful of blend of Merlot and Petit background is a far cry After some whirlwind Charlottesville, VA wineries Verdot, called Go with the from vineyard management dating, the two were and took classes such as Flo’ which they named after and enology, her work is engaged on July 4th 2014 their inaugural “Cellar Rat” Hurricane Florence coming what lead to her meeting (what they call their “Un- certification program. They directly at them while they her future husband and Independence” Day) and got studied at Veritas, King harvesting . the evolution of her career married during their favorite Family Vineyard, Horton, How it all began goals. season and favorite month, Early Mountain, Keswick Chad and Crista’s story Crista and Chad met in in October of 2015. Vineyards. of how they met and came Washington D.C. when Almost immediately The couple purchased to the wine industry reads they were “set up” for a after getting married, they the Golden Road Vineyard almost like a Hallmark work lunch. Networking threw themselves into the property in North Carolina movie. lunches were common at wine making classes in in the summer of 2017. They As a proud Native Texan, the consulting firm where Charlottesville and wanted are now proud farmers and Crista grew up in Houston Crista worked and Chad to learn everything there is enjoying adapting to North and went to a small, private was a new intern. While to know about viticulture Carolina. liberal arts school called Crista knew there were and enology. Kitsey Burns Harrison may be reached Trinity University in San ulterior motives behind the Before Chad and Crista at 336-258-4035 or on Twitter and Antonio, TX. Foreign networking event, Chad Guebert moved to North Instagram @RippleReporterK. Languages came natural to still claims ignorance to Crista during her studies this day, saying he simply and she learned Spanish, was getting to know the French, and Mandarin company during his summer throughout high school internship program (while and college. Crista picked attending the Penn State this school because it was MBA program). the best foreign language After spending eight years program in the state of Texas as a Submarine Officer in for studying Chinese. Crista the Navy, Chad thought ended up triple majoring it was time to go back to in International Business, school for his MBA and get Finance, and Chinese and his business degree because graduated with a BS and BA Nuclear Engineering didn’t in four years. During her translate to industries he time in college she spent was interested in pursuing. 70045242 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2021 | ON THE VINE 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON THE VINE THE ON left onBengeDrive. traffic light,leftonNBridgeStreetthenrightCarterMillRoad,first Location: SurryCounty, I-77toexit83US21bypassNorth,leftfirst Website: www.divinellamavineyards.com Tasting Room Hours:Friday, Saturday, Sunday12-6yearround Winemaker: DanaAker Vineyard is.6mionleft. 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By Jeremy Stamps wine made here in North crisp bottle of locally make sure each vintage Carolina! I love sparking grown sparkling. The of champagne taste We have nearly 200 wine. It has to be the only problem with North consistently year after wineries in our home state easiest wine to pair with Carolina sparkling is that year. The blending process of North Carolina with food. Even the most there is not enough of it. is a tool for winemakers to more and more popping difficult dishes will all pair More wineries need to handle difficult vintages. up each year. One of the with sparkling wine. Every look into making a bubbly We all know the weather best things about living in Sommelier in America option for wine lovers. here in North Carolina is the Yadkin Valley is that knows that sparkling Champagne is obviously completely unpredictable delicious whites, reds, and wine is a cheat code to the heaviest hitter in the year to year. Sometime we rosés are grown and bottle the most difficult food sparkling wine game. have hurricanes, frosts, within a short drive away. pairings. If you are going The Chef du Caves floods and droughts. I cannot say enough good to bring one bottle of in Champagne know Sometimes all of those in things about the hard wine to a party or holiday the secret to making a the same year. Difficult work that each person in meal I highly recommend beautiful sparkling wine vintages in North Carolina the NC wine industry is bringing a bottle of is in its blending process. like 2018 and 2020 could doing to build a positive bubbles. Everyone will The top producers all be blended to make reputation for North love it. Even the most blend not only different something magical with Carolina wine — however diehard beer drinkers varietals of grapes but just a little bit of help — I do have one criticism. will find something often 20 – 30 years of from the 2019 or 2017 We need more sparkling familiar drinking a tasty different base wines to vintages thrown in. Then

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For Membership information call 336-363-2622. 70043263 12 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2021 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM incorporate the méthode champenoise process to the difficult vintage and bam! You have a delicious bottle of North Carolina wine. I do not want anyone to think wine making is easy. Saying that wine making is difficult is an understatement. It’s an incredible hard job to do correctly. Add the extra steps that sparkling wine requires and now you are talking a whole lot of work plus expensive equipment just to get that fun fizzy sensation on the tongue. Photos courtesy of The Wisdom Table That being said, the A wine flight of sparkling vintages at payoff is well worth it. I The Wisdom Table in downtown Elkin truly believe that some of the best wines from North Carolina are sparkling. crisp acidity and a touch Carolina compared to some light on North In my opinion, some of of sweetness from the many of the other wines Carolina Sparkling and the top North Carolina grapes used. Biltmore produces. will spread the word bottles of bubbly in no · Surry Cellars Lot Biltmore brings in a lot of on how delicious it particular order are: 151 is hard to find but a fruit from California but is. Sparkling wine is · Piccione Vineyard’s wonderful expression this wine as well as some not just for New Year’s 2019 Blanc de Blanc made of Petit Manseng. Surry of their other reserves Eve any longer. It’s for from 100% Chardonnay. It Cellars is the label is completely NC grown celebrations, date night, has recently been released that Surry Community grapes aged on the lees in and even Tuesday night in the past couple of College’s viticulture the bottle. tacos. months and it cannot be program produces. It is toasty and yeasty. Cheers! missed. · Biltmore Estate A great alternative to · Shadow Springs Château Reserve Méthode champagne. Equally tasty Jeremy Stamps is a Certified Sommelier and owner of The Wisdom Table wine Vineyard Fanciful Cuvée. Champenoise Brut. This and often half the cost. bar, located at 101 East Main Street This bottle has fresh fruit, is 100% grown in North I hope this has cast Elkin.

injury and at this point making whirred into in their barrels you Corner the focus was on tending action to help make the can almost still feel the to the vines for their vintage what it is capable energy of their journey From page 11 recovery and regrowth of becoming. As the red resonating in the liquid for the following year. wines rest and develop like a dream. laying between and Through the Spring, underneath those first Summer, and Fall as the two. The shoot that grows world wrestled with the from that bud will allow effects of COVID-19 the the plant to survive, store vineyards also wrestled energy for the following with rain, humidity, year, however it bears insects, and two tropical AuthENtiC MExiCAN CuiSiNE no fruit. Grape variety, storms while we tried site selection, elevation, in Yadkinville, N.C. to save what little fruit We pride ourselves in treating direction of slope, and we had on the vines. It our customers like family and surrounding geology was a deep relief once we will always use quality ingredients to prepare your food. Come dine have distinct effects the grapes were finally We offer upon the impacts freeze special occasion in with us any day of the week from received into the winery catering for 11:00 am to 9:00pm. events such as these. It and then the comparative events and Our dInnEr mEnu Is ExpandIng mOrE businesses all ThE TImE! became more clear that certainty of chemistry, and private many vines in our area events. Eat In or Take Out! 216 East Elm St. | Yadkinville, N.C. 27055 fermentation, and wine (336) 677-1447 | eljarritonc.com had sustained a variety of 70045250 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM SPRING 2021 | ON THE VINE 13 STARDUST CELLARS REVIVES ANCIENT WINE MAKING TECHNIQUES

By Kitsey Burns Harrison Nick von Cosmos technique. Our wines tall, so that they cannot [email protected] purchased his farm in are effervescent,” von reach the grape leaves, 2016 on which was already Cosmos said. “We also which are 36” above the WILKESBORO — growing several grape want our farm to be the surface. The very name itself varietals. Von Cosmos first biodynamic in North “In respect of our brings forth an image of has a unique vision to Carolina. Biodynamic activities, we were chosen sparkling light and that bring sustainable and agriculture is a method the “Three Dogwood is exactly how Stardust eco-friendly practices to by which farms aspire Sustainability rating” in Cellars owner and his winery and vineyard to be sustainability, 2019 by NC Green Travel,” winemaker describes the as well as producing and to maintain their von Cosmos added. wines he makes. beverages in time- own fertility through “We do not irrigate “My natural winemaking honored traditions. composting, integrating our vineyard to force process focuses on “Our vision is to make animals to generate our roots reach deeply methode ancestrale in ancestral wines, the oldest on-site fertilizer, cover into the soil, and we also which the original native technique of producing cropping, and growing prune our vines heavily, yeasts are bottled and sparkling wines. Ancestral plants which reduce to increase the rich of our continue to ferment, technique reaches back nutrients into the soil. We grapes,” he continued. giving the wine a naturally to the 16th century, use sheep in our vineyard “We have giving birds of refreshing effervescence,” and it is more than for them to eat the weeds preys nesting locations explained winemaker Nick 200 years older than and to fertilizer the soil. on our farm: We use them von Cosmos. traditional (Champagne) The sheep we use are 24” to keep the songbird Where art, food, friends, and relaxation meet

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70045252 70021889 137 Taylor St. | Mt Airy, NC 27030 | (336) 558-5146 14 ON THE VINE | SPRING 2021 WWW.ONTHEVINECAROLINA.COM Nick von Cosmos with a wine press used in producing wines for Stardust Cellars. Courtsey photos Mead is among the products population down.” hybrid made at Cornell Von Cosmos also University, which is produced by Stardust Cellars. produces a Spanish red immune from black rot, varietal wine made in a are among the varieties “Hybrids are more said. traditional style using of grapes grown by von hardy,” he said. “In 2020, Stardust Cellars not only gravity and hand Cosmos. This year von for example, all our hybrid only produces wine, but tools to make the wine Cosmos also produced vines all came back to mead as well. (wooden ratchet press and a rosé, which was made life after the extreme “The bees in North punch-downs, plus a by- from ; May frosts which killed Carolina produce hand bottling and sorting a blend, made from wines hundreds of varietals excellent honey for line.) imported (, vines in other vineyards mead,” he said. Stardust Cellars has a Garnacha, Verdejo) from planted across the state.” For more information taproom tasting location Spain, in honor of his Learning which hybrids on Stardust Cellars find at 1202 Curtis Bridge Rd. Grandmother. The winery grow best in North them on Facebook or which opened in 2019 also features a , Carolina is something von stardustcellars.com. as well as two vineyards, Barbera, and Cabernet Cosmos said he is looking one in Wilkesboro and a Franc. forward to exploring. Kitsey Burns Harrison may be reached second parcel in Moravian Von Cosmos said he “We have the at 336-258-4035 or on Instagram @ Falls, an area with much wants to focus on growing opportunity to become OnTheVineMag. different altitude. hybrid varieties of grapes the world’s leader with Traminette and well as which he has had success wines from hybrids,” he , a hardy with so far. Step Back in Time & Visit Our Many Vendors Mount Pilot Antique Mall Downtown 107-109 E Main St. Pilot Mountain, North Carolina 336-368-1617 New Items Arriving Daily!

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