A port wine was named best in show and best dessert wine at the 2024 North Carolina Fine Wines competition that was held recently in Winston-Salem.in the Yadkin Valley. Windsor Run Cellars makes wine, mead and spirits that it sells under its label in addition to producing wine for its custom crush clients.
It’s a growing industry that, like other states such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, tends to get overlooked because of the proximity of New York and Virginia (Loudoun County, Charlottesville region and the, including a majority in the hills northwest of Winston-Salem, Raleigh and Charlotte.
Thanks to those kinds of projects, the state — like other parts of the South — continues to draw new residents. Between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023,Meanwhile, land prices while rising remain comparatively reasonable, said Mark Frislowski, who has spent half of his 40-year career making wine at Childress.
Add that to the continued growth in population and that it’s a spot that has retained its four seasons, and you can appreciate the state’s business appeal.