This winery is located in Stokesdale, NC near Brad’s hometown of Madison. It is a pretty sight with a really nice store and tasting bar. We had the pleasure of being the only two people in the place late one Saturday morning as we were in route to visit Brad’s family.
Upon our arrival we were greeted by the prettiest cat I have ever seen. We later learned his name is Noah, he is a Bengal, and they have a Merlot in his honor. Noah actually did a nice job of escorting us around the property so that we found the tasting room. Robert, the wine maker who is from California and has a Wine Chemistry degree, did our tasting. Let me go on record now saying that when I first learned 10 years back that there was such a thing as wine chemistry degrees I almost made a significant career change. Time will tell if I was wise to stay the course of my current direction.
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| Noah says no pictures please! |
Their tasting fee is $10 and I failed to note how many that allows you to taste. Once again we were permitted to taste more than the fee limit. I noted that they had in their store collections of three bottles of wine labeled as Sangria kits so I had to ask about that (bottle each of Peach, Strawberry, and Merlot). Ask and ye shall receive. After being told about the Sangria, Brad (what a wing man) comments about how much I love to make Sangria. And I was then presented with a large glass of a batch that had been made up for that evening’s event. It was incredibly good but I resisted the urge to buy the Sangria Kit. Instead we purchased the following wines:
- Viognier – nice crisp, fruit flavors of apple
- Gato Merlot – it is described as smooth and approachable like Noah the cat, very nice
- Barrel X (Syrah, Barbera, Mourvedre) – nice bold wine
- Malbec – good big wine, full bodied
- Beneficence (Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Franc) – I am becoming a fan of blends with Cabernet Franc
- Cabernet Sauvignon – very rich, good wine
- Strawberry – 100% strawberry juice, like eating a nice ripe strawberry and one of the three wines in the Sangria.
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