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!
HQ Kites & Designs Inc., a German-based kite distribution company, plans to locate its North American distribution facility in Powells Point, a press release from the Edenton-based Northeast Commission states.
The distribution center will be located in the Freedom Business Park and is projected to create four new jobs. HQ Kites & Designs plans to have its new warehouse and office building open by Dec. 1.
According to the press release, HQ is known for kiteboarding and snow kiting products, recreational kites, wind art and toys. The company chose to locate in Currituck County because of lower business costs, proximity to kite and kiteboarding retailers and enhanced exposure for HQ’s product line and customer base, the press release states.
Read more from the Daily Advance.
We are happy to welcome HQ to our Outer Banks family and wish them many years of success!
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