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In case you need somewhere to go this weekend to truly get away from it all, take a trip to Boonville, North Carolina and visit Sanders Ridge. Located at 3200 Round Hill Rd, Sanders Ridge is set back in the woods and gives visitors the feeling of escape without really being that far off the beaten path. The restaurant and tasting room’s front porch rests lazily over a quaint pond while massive trees shade the area and its guests from bright sunny days and the Carolina summer heat. Guests are ...

Yadkin Winter Reds Festival Closes: Visitors Consider it a Success

I rounded out the Yadkin Winter Reds Event on Sunday afternoon in the East Bend area of Yadkin County. It was a delightful afternoon and I got to meet new people at all three vineyards. This was an area that I had been meaning to get out to for a while and I was glad to get out and taste some very good wines. The pairings were perhaps the best of the festival and overall I have to say that this event was a complete ...

Yadkin Winter Reds Festival: One Day Down!

I've just finished up day one of the Yadkin Winter Reds Festival and I have to say I had a TON of fun today! I got to see some old friends at some familiar wineries and meet some new friends at some vineyards that I had never previously visited. All of the locations had some great food to go along with their wines and the flavors paired very nicely with the chosen wines.

I opted to take part in a full tasting as well at ...

A lot of blogs and articles on pairing foods and wines try to zero in on one specific wine with a specific dish, however, as someone who likes to host a dinner party every once in a while, I understand that you may not always have the means or the funds to find that one wine, and VERY rarely is the wine a North Carolina wine. So instead, I’ve given some guidelines to follow when pairing your dinner with wine, or hosting a dinner party. I have given you a handy list that is easily accessible when ...

Westbend Vineyards hosted an excellent event on Saturday at their 8th Annual Valentine’s Day Weekend Celebration. The tasting room was bustling with people, great wines and even some great suggestions by wine maker Mark Terry (thank you, Mark). There was even one very cute addition to their wine glasses that I wanted to point out; they added double hearts on the back (so adorable). If you haven’t been to an event at Westbend before, check their event calendar and make ...