An Insider’s Guide To The Craft Brewing Scene In Gaston County
The craft beer explosion that started in Asheville and Charlotte has finally made its way across the Catawba River into Gaston County. With an abundance of outdoor recreational opportunities throughout the area, Gaston is the perfect setting for embracing the brewpub culture, and visitors will find several taprooms where they…
Come For The Food And The Beer At Tobacco Wood
We often take a drive to the unknown and wind up somewhere fantastic. It’s what we do! This time was a great surprise. Not only did we find an incredible brewery but we found awesome people like the staff at Tobacco Wood Brewing Co. and getting to meet and chat…
Medaloni Views
Medaloni Cellars rests on twenty-two acres of rolling hills located in North Carolina’s beautiful Yadkin Valley. Located 10 minutes outside of Winston-Salem, Medaloni Cellars is a beautiful addition to the Yadkin Valley wine trail to be toured by wine lovers from all over. Enjoy a romantic sunset with views of…
Bière de Femme Comes To Asheville
Bière De Femme is a unique beer festival celebrating our 3rd year in North Carolina. This year’s event will be held at the Highland Brewing Company Event Center, boasting more than 35 incredible one-off beers made specifically for this festival by women beer professionals from each brewery. The Bière de…
Lake Norman Cottage–A Great Decompression Destination
There is no better venue than a home. The second-best venue is a place that feels like home. Your friends, your family, complete strangers… digging their feet into lush carpet, being introduced to incredible wine, and cozying up like a family by the lake. Not everyone in Lake Norman has…
Yadkin Valley Winery Awarded Numerous Gold Medals in 2018
JOLO Winery & Vineyards, located in the Yadkin Valley town of Pilot Mountain, enters the new year on a roll after capturing five gold medals in various competitions in 2018. The most recent accolades came in November when the winery’s Crimson Creek earned the three highest honors at the 2018…
Waldensian Heritage Flows With Wine
Waldensian heritage flows with wine (certainly not the worst historic trait to have). Centuries ago, in the Cottian Alps, west of Torino, Italy and the Western Piedmont of Italy, the Waldensians learned the craft of creating great wines. One reason that Historic Valdese was favored by Waldensian settlers is the terrain,…
Sideways Farm & Brewery Cultivates A Different Way Forward
A new brewery has taken root in Western North Carolina that brings a different approach to the craft beer scene.
The Sanctuary Simply Called “The Cabin”
The best part about turning 21, is that my mother, my sister, and I could text each other on a Friday and decide on a place to meet up, have a couple of drinks, and catch up on each other’s lives. Full disclosure, when I said “Friday,” I meant “Monday, Tuesday,…
Gaston County Craft Beverage Trail
Participating on the trail include North Carolina’s premium rum distillery, a family run vineyard, award winning breweries and even a couple of micro brew pubs. On the Catawba River in Belmont, Muddy River is a distillery that was founded on a love of rum, and its creators and partners refuse to settle…