September 29, 2017 When a special wine is in the barrels you know it. You hope it will stay that way; sometimes yes and sometimes… Provencia is one such wine. Our wine club members will be the first to taste this new wine. We have had a wine club for many years. Some have been members for over 12 years. That means this group has been picking up two bottles of wine every other month, usually a red and a white. We think of these people as a special group…. Read More
September 22, 2017 There does not need to be an event to come for a visit, to sit in the tasting room or under the oaks with a picnic and a bottle of wine. It does take the willingness to have a conversation with others, or to just sit and relax and enjoy this beautiful time of the year. Of course, if you want to bring your guitar you are welcome to do so, if you want to sing, you can do that too. We have always felt that when… Read More
September 15, 2017 On Wednesday afternoon two couples came in. They said they were Florida refugees from Irma. They chose Winston-Salem to stay for a few days as they had had a hard time finding a place. They were pleasantly surprised at how much they enjoyed our town. They did not realize we had wine in North Carolina and how nice everyone was around here. We enjoyed our visit with these folks, our Florida refugees. It is always interesting what brings people to us. This week it was the… Read More
Every building on the farm has a name. The old barn near the road is Deborah’s Barn. Years ago Deb was going to fix up the upstairs for a weekend place. Deborah’s Barn also held many barrels of wine years ago before the winery was built. When our neighbor passed away his son asked us if we would like to buy the building. It was large and down at the far end of our property. What would we do with it? Well, we did buy this building, which was built… Read More
A Proclamation was signed by Governor Cooper on Tuesday, August 29th to proclaim September as NC Wine and Grape Month. Many people met at Childress Vineyards to kick off this month long celebration of NC wines and grapes. So what does that mean for you? Well, a chance to make a point of visiting wineries in our state, both your favorites and someplace new. To experience what all of us have to offer our state- keeping farms as farms, enhancing a crop (turning grapes into wine) and a lot of… Read More
