More 2022 Vintage Wine
I had failed to post that our Estate Grown 2022 Chardonnay and our Holston Ridge Vineyard 2022 Cayuga White are now available for tasting and purchase. Just see our tasting room staff for details.
Additional Wines Now Available in the Tasting Room
We now have our Semi-Sweet 2022 Smoky Mountain Rose (made from Stuben grapes used for our grape stomp) and 2022 Magnolia (Muscadine) available for tasting and purchase in the tasting room. These are both very light and fruity with low amounts of sugar, well balanced and comfortable on the palate. Come on out and give […]
2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Bottled Barrel by Barrel
I have decided, based on the way things are going in the cellar, That we will be bottling the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon by the barrel without blending different barrels together. For this reason we have added a sticker that indicates the barrel no. of the 11 (10 remaining ) barrels of 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon. We […]
Bottling Barrel No. 1 of 11 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
I am sitting here tonight enjoying a glass of 2020 Cab Sauvignon and trying to decide which is the best, the 2020 vintage or the 2022 vintage. Unfortunately, unless I find one tucked away somewhere that I FORGOT ABOUT, this is the last bottle of the 2020 vintage. If any of you have it in […]
Low Country Boil
We had a great time at the Low Country Boil on Saturday. We are looking forward to doing it again this fall. Our cooking team Donnie and Tiffany Hero as always are our Chef Heroes and did a fantastic Job. Also, We want to thank everyone who helped clean up after the event with special […]
Bottling Noble (The Red Muscadine)
We are finally ready to bottle the Noble. It has been a nine month process to get this wine ready to bottle! It will be done tomorrow. There will only be about 105 bottles available. A release party will be announced soon with details to follow. This wine will not be on the tasting bar […]
Farm Cleanup Progressing Well
Anyone who has ever attempted the age old Profession of farming is aware of how fast the land can reclaim itself to its natural condition with the weeds saplings and native grasses encroaching on cleared fields for hay, vineyards and orchards. We have been working over the last couple of years to reclaim and clean […]
Just a Note
We have decided to start trying to do a little blogging again. We will be talking about what is happening in the vineyard, in the winery, in the tasting room and elsewhere on the property. Our goal over the next little while is to keep your favorite wines on the shelf and bring back some […]
Bottling Time
We Just Bottled our 2018 Magnolia Muscadine. Next week we will be working to bottle the Chardonnay and the week after that we will be bottling the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon.
Summer Update
Well it has been a busy summer so far this year. Even with the COVID 19 Pandemic we have seen steady to increasing sales. We have increased our fermentation capacity by adding a new 527 Gallon red wine fermentation tank. We are still awaiting the arrival of a new crusher/destemmer which will improve our must […]