NC Wine

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 ...

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 ...

It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that follows my blog here at NCVINE.com that NC wine has become a little more than a hobby to me and is becoming quite a passion. But when someone at my real job asked me why the other day, I had to stop and think about it. Why do I love NC wine so much? I don’t get paid to do this, I’m actually not a big drinker, nor is anyone in my family, so what gives? Well, I’ve given it some thought and I thought I would share with you guys. I hope that my answers are ...

When I think about NC wine country, admittedly, Davidson County may not immediately jump to mind, however, as I recently discovered, it should. Davidson County is home to three exceptional vineyards, and with their close proximity to Winston Salem, Salisbury, and Greensboro, these vineyards are just waiting to be discovered. My husband and I took a Friday afternoon and managed to visit all three vineyards; what we found were three very different wineries with very different wines, philosophies, ...

So you want a great (inexpensive) way to spend a Saturday with some friends, or your spouse, or even family? Four girlfriends and myself ditched our husbands and man-friends one Saturday and had an excellent day of adventure in North Carolina’s Yadkin Valley Wine County. Overall the trip was easy, inexpensive, and truly a blast. One quick disclaimer, we did have a designated driver to drive us from vineyard to vineyard; even though the vineyards aren’t that far apart, its never a good idea to ...