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 Sanders Ridge winery is located on property that has been in Neil Shore’s family for over 163 years. Designated a Century Farm, the vast property consist of vineyards, marshland, creeks, open fields and a forest that the locals still refer to as the “Big Woods”.
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 Originally, winemaking started as a hobby for Sid Proctor, friends would give him grapes and he would turn them into wine. His friends and family raved about his small micro batches of wine and they began encouraging him to make larger batches and offer them for sale.
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 Chuck Johnson jokes that his midlife crisis led him to winemaking. In all seriousness, Chuck explains that Shadow Springs Vineyard is a natural extension of their love of the area and their love of wine.
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 Planted in the early 70s, Westbend Vineyards holds the distinction of being the oldest vineyard in the Yadkin Valley. When owner Jack Kroustalis decided to plant vines in 1972, many agriculture authorities expressed doubt about the viability of grapes in the Yadkin Valley.
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 Being a winemaker is no cheap venture. Just ask any of the 30 or so wineries in the Yadkin Valley alone. And the chances of actually making great wine... and making money... and becoming world reouned? Yea, right. But here's a new game from BigFishGames that looks like a wine(r). |
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 While Mark Greene comes from a long line of winemakers, both his father and grandfather made wine, he wasn‘t in the wine business when he found a beautiful piece of property in 1997. In fact, Mark had no plans in mind at all for the property; all he knew was that he had to have it.
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 This week's Yadkin Wines and Kitchen Magic episode pairs Applewood Bistro's dish, Greek Spanicopita over field greens, with Dobbins Creek 2006 Chardonnay.
Chef Thua demonstrates creating this delicious meal and we see how it pairs with Dobbins' tasty Chardonnay. |
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 Lenna & Frank Hobson Jr. became winemakers to preserve Frank’s family farm. For over 100 years, the Hobson family raised tobacco and did a little dairy farming on the land. As a third, generation farmer Frank couldn’t bear the thought of the farm becoming a housing development.
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 This weekend I caught up with John Byrd, owner of Yadkin Valley Wine Tours while he stopped at Buck Shoals Vineyards. John was taking a group of enthusiastic wine tasters on a tour or 3 vineyards (Shadow Springs, Buck Shoals, and Laurel Grey), but what made this tour different was that rather than driving his usual tour bus, John was pulling a hay wagon. See the video interview with John, below. |
 This week's Yadkin Wines and Kitchen Magic episode pairs Applewood Bistro's dish,
Pan seared chicken with 5-spice sauce with Buck Shoals' Brian's Legacy.
Chef Thua prepares the meal and shows us how to make a spicy meal that goes great with this slightly sweet wine. |
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