What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than to head to your local winery for their specials and tastings? Grab your sweetheart and find your neighborhood winery for a night to “wine” down. If you’re looking for a night in, pour a glass of your favorite wine and we will tell you what Girl Scout […]
‘Tis the season for gathering and being festive. This week’s recipe is for an adults-only punch that features North Carolina wine. North Carolina is home to more than 140 wineries. Most wineries focus on the native muscadine grapes or the European-style vinifera grapes. Duplin Winery is the largest winery in the south, selling more than […]
Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “Sally Elliott: Cultivating a fertile future for N.C. farmers,” Winston-Salem Journal: Agriculture is still big business for North Carolina, […]
Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to the full story. “Fish food: Aquaponics offers full-circle farming,” Smoky Mountain News: Tucked away along a squirrely offshoot of Jonathan Creek Road, […]
Duplin Wine Cellars, now Duplin Winery, produced the first N.C. brandy since prohibition to stimulate the fledgling N.C. grape industry. The brandy, distilled from locally grown Carlos, Magnolia and Scuppernong grape varieties, was first marketed in 1982. North Carolina has since become the seventh-largest wine producer and ninth-largest grape producer in the country. To find out more […]