Currituck County vineyards are featured in a brief story on the FOX 5 in DC website! Click here to read full story on where you can go in the Outer Banks for delicious North Carolina wine. Be sure to stop by VisitCurrituck.com, too, for information on winery hours and locations - some adhere to seasonal times, so you don’t want to be left out!
A Currituck County wine producer had six of its wines place in this year’s North Carolina State Fair Wine Competition, including a double gold award for its blackberry wine.
Sanctuary Vineyards, by the Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg, has been growing grapes for eight years but only recently began to enter its wines into competitions. Owner John Wright said his family and the vineyard’s workers are excited about the praise for their product.
Sanctuary Vineyards’ blackberry wine, yet to be released for sale this year, was named the Best Fruit Wine at the competition.
Read more from the Daily Advance.
Our congratulations go to the fine people of Sanctuary Vineyards. We have enjoyed your wines for many years, and are pleased to see the rest of the state has caught on to the magnificence of Outer Banks wines. Bottoms up!
The Currituck Outer Banks has enjoyed quite a bit of press in recent days! The Daily Advance reports on a recent exhibit of photos chronicling the history of Long Point:
More than 200 residents and history enthusiasts filed into Currituck Middle School last June for an event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the building of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal.
The event was such a success that Barbara Snowden, Currituck’s official historian, and the Currituck County Historical Society have arranged a display of 19th century “then and now” images of Long Point Island at Currituck Public Library in Barco.
Also, the Piedmont Review highlights a nice article on the region’s two best attractions: the wild horses and the wine.
Rows of corn stand alongside Cabernet vines, and migratory snow geese nestle among the Sangiovese, part of the acres of grapes in Sanctuary, home to an amazing assemblage: Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier, Norton and the classic Muscadine. These grapes, according to Wright, ripen in the intense summer heat, tempered by cooling ocean breezes. The ancient sand dunes provide drainage and unique flavor to the fruit.
Click here for a PDF of the article.
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