Dynamis Estate Wines Is Open For Excellence!!

Sound the trumpets! 🎺

Tell your friends! 📢

Pop those Corks! 🍾

Dynamis Estate Wines, North Carolina’s premier luxury winery is open for excellence!! 🍷🍷

Open for reservations starting June 1st!

We enjoyed the Incredible experience to visit before they officially opened to the public. We were blessed with an amazing opportunity to join several big-time wine influencers on a customized tour and tasting at this amazing property in the Swan Creek AVA of North Carolina’s Yadkin Valley!

The event was organized by our friends @ Triangle Around Town and Screw it Wine. Other influencers joining were Authur with Merlot to Muscadine, Dave of Vinosphere, and Natalie of Tarheel Taps and Corks. Our group was stylishly transported in the full luxury of the Van in Black!

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Dynamis Estate Wines is officially open for wine!! 🥂

I’ve pondered for two weeks on just how to describe Dynamis Estate Wines. I knew other influencers would mention the luxury branding. The elevated tasting experience! The higher end price points exquisitely reflecting the creativity and passion of the Dynamis team and their strive for a higher quality wine. How the beautiful and stunning private estate spans over 1500 mountain acres. Dynamis Estate Wines can truly be described by all of the above!

However, we wanted to approach our introduction to Dynamis from a different angle. We wanted to look at how it all came to be? In the end, it was a leap of faith and courage!

Faith and courage?

Estate owner Harry Crosby purchased the 1500 acre estate in 2013. He is a native of South Carolina and a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Crosby is CEO of Flooring Services LLC. Having much success in business, Crosby has long shown great vision for business endeavors! But a luxury brand winery?

Crosby started planting the estate vineyards shortly after purchasing the historic farm and orchard property. Purposely seeking to enhance the two and a half mile scenic approach up to his mountain top home. The fruit of those early harvest were sold to neighboring wineries.

That’s where we find the courage behind this brand!

Winemakers Matt Worrell and Katy Kidd were working at nearby Raffaldini Vineyards. They recognized the quality of the fruit harvested from the Dynamis property. They dreamed a grand opportunity.

Mr. Crosby had one directive, “I want to invest in a luxury wine brand!”

Kidd explained, “originally, when the vineyard was planted, there wasn’t a plan for the winery. So fruit was sold to neighboring wineries in the area. And we had the opportunity to work with fruit harvested here. And we really saw the quality and just truly came to understand the estate was something special. We just really believed there was unlimited potential!”

Long story short, the two courageously presented an amazing business opportunity to Mr. Crosby. With that, Crosby showed great faith in the team, providing a significant investment to start Dynamis Estate Wines!

Faith and courage! That’s what it took to create something amazing! Something Dynamis!

WooHoo! Swan Creek and Yadkin Valley wine lovers rejoice!

This estate, this brand, this wine, is truly special! A true gem!

Located on the eastern most peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains! The elevation provides a certain competitive advantage over it’s neighboring vineyards of the Swan Creek AVA.

The estate is beautiful!

The service is elegant!

The wine is exceptional!

The Mountain

We respectfully inquired upon the upper end price points for the estate-grown bottles of wine. The top end red blend, a bottle of 2019 The Mountain, sells at $125 a bottle!

Winemaker Matt Worrell stated, “our variety of wines, just based on what the vintage gives us will kind of dictate every year. However, our blends will always be our staple.”

Worrell and co-winemaker Katy Kidd spoke further about the Dynamis name and logo, “The lowercase delta, you’ll see in calculus and chemistry as far as if you’re changing the outcome of a variable or the value of any given variable. And it’s kind of symbolic to making wine on the east coast because that’s what it is, a variable every single year. The weather is super volatile. And it’s never the same, so that’s also interesting. So we kind of like to use it as a symbol and a reminder that you can still overcome almost every single challenge with the right team, the right site, and dedication. And then this also ties into the meaning of Dynamis which is one that is power. And it’s a little funny as with math and chemistry, because that’s a lot of what we do is this organic chemistry and equations, but in the simplest of terms, it could just be representative of d for Dynamis. Yet it does have that deeper meaning and if people don’t want the big story, they can get this, Dynamis is a really nice powerful word!”

OK, but $125 a bottle in North Carolina? Must be the wine diamonds, right?

$125 is the most expensive, for their best blend, The Mountain! However, the estate grown Sauvignon Blanc is aged in traditional concrete vessels and sells at $35 a bottle. We might add, a very clean crisp white wine!

Dynamis Estate Wines

Premium tastings are $55 for a personal elevated tasting experience! Reservations are required.

What’s makes Dynamis special? The grapes are grown at a higher elevation which allows for the fruit to more fully ripen. Great care is taken in the vineyard management! Vineyard Manager Joseph Geller, formerly worked at Trump Winery in Virginia. The winemakers are very experienced, knowledgeable, skilled, and creative!

It’s the top of the North Carolina wine chain! The brand oozes elegance! However, Dynamis will ultimately earn it’s reputation by consistently producing real fine wine!

The tasting experience is most certainly elevated to a different level! You’ll enjoy personal attention from tasting room manager Jennie Hess and her associate Cate McDowell, as you learn in depth about the estate vineyards, the brand, and the winemaking process!

North Carolina wine just got elevated!

Blown up! 🚀

Certainly a must North Carolina wine experience! We strongly recommend a visit! Cheers! 🍷🍷

Dynamis Estate Wines
1004 Highland Road
Jonesville, NC 28642
336-468-6702

https://www.dynamisestatewines.com/

Awards Announcement – 2022 Palmetto Wine Competition

The 2022 Palmetto Wine Competition was judged May 7th at The Belmont Inn in historic Abbeville, South Carolina. The Palmetto Wine Competition serves to increase exposure for commercially licensed wineries in South Carolina.

The event is made possible by our generous and supportive sponsors, Van in Black, Bristow Beverage Law, and the Belmont Inn.

Van in Black and Greenville Wine Tours are your go to luxurious and coolest tour provider for winery, meadery, cidery, and brewery tours! Ride in style with your friends for amazing fun tours as the Van in Black safely handles your transportation needs!

Brook at Bristow Beverage Law is the go to beverage attorney in South Carolina! Bristow Beverage Law will keep you in compliance and assist in protecting your intellectual property. Brook Bristow truly cares for the local beverage industry. It’s not just a law practice, it’s a full on extraordinary passion at Bristow Beverage Law!

The charming Belmont Inn located on the brick paved square of historic Abbeville, South Carolina serves as the home to the Palmetto Wine Competition. We encourage you to stay for a long weekend at the Belmont Inn and fall in love with this well preserved slice of South Carolina history!

Without doubt this year we sat our most qualified and discerning panel of judges. They were tough on our 63 entries, really focusing in on the characteristics of each wine. The judges included two American Wine Society certified judges each with previous experience judging Wines of the South and Asheville Wine Competition. Two WSET Level 2 judges who work at a prominent North Carolina winery. The proprietor and the manager of Bond Street Wines in Spartanburg. Finally, two regional wine experts with years of experience judging the Palmetto Wine Competition.

Our Best-in-Show winner this year is a truly an unique wine. This wine produced from a French-American hybrid grape created at the University of Minnesota for cold-hardy growth. The juice was purchased from New York and this small batch is the first of this varietal commercially produced in South Carolina.

Best in Show and Double Gold: La Crescent – South Bend Winery, Greenwood

Best Estate Grown Wine: Lily White – Wellborn Winery, Travelers Rest

Our Prestigious Palmetto Signature Half-Case awards the top six scoring wines produced from fruit one-hundred percent grown in South Carolina. This award celebrates South Carolina’s local wineries and farmers!

Prestigious Palmetto Signature Half Case:

Scuppernong – Elevation 966 Winery, Greenville

Harvest White (Muscadine) – Island Winery, Hilton Head Island

Lily White (Chardonel) – Wellborn Winery, Travelers Rest

Magnolia (Scuppernong) – Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island

Carlos (Muscadine) – Enoree River Winery, Newberry

Single Vineyard Dry Chambourcin – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Best Cider: Lemon Ginger – Fat Ass Heifer Cidery, Campobello

Best Mead: Mead with Sour Cherry – Bee-Town Mead and Cider, Bluffton

Best Fruit Wine: Blackberry – Enoree River Winery, Newberry

Best Muscadine: Magnolia (Scuppernong) – Deep Water Vineyards, Wadmalaw Island (Charleston)

Best Vinifera: Petite Sirah Reserve – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Gold Medal Winners: Peggy’s Chocolate Cherry Decadence – Old Rock Quarry Winery, Enoree

Lemon Ginger Cider – Fat Ass Heifer Cidery, Campobello

Winemaker’s Reserve Petite Sirah – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Guava Chipotle Cider – Ships Wheel Hard Cider, North Charleston

Mead with Sour Cherry – Bee-Town Mead and Cider, Bluffton

Silver Medal Winners:

Coffee Delight – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Rosé Cider – Ships Wheel Hard Cider, Pelzer

Pineapple Cider – Elevation 966 Winery, Greenville

Lily White – Wellborn Winery, Travelers Rest

Magnolia (Scuppernong) – Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island

Carlos – Enoree River Winery, Newberry

Single Vineyard Dry Chambourcin – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Black Spanish – Enoree River Winery, Newberry

Harvest White – Island Winery, Hilton Head Island

Apricot Honey Wine – Island Winery, Hilton Head Island

Mitchell (Muscadine) – Elevation 966 Winery, Greenville

Raspberry White Zin – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Crazy ‘bout Caramel – Old Rock Quarry Winery, Pelzer

Primitive – Wellborn Winery, Travelers Rest

Gamay Noir – Old Rock Quarry Winery, Enoree

Blackberry – Enoree River Winery, Newberry

Just Peachy – Cartersville Country Winery, Timmonsville

Pomegranate Pinot Noir – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Purist – Bears Bluff Meadery @ Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island

White Muscadine – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Pinot Noir – Elevation 966 Winery, Greenville

Oasis – Bears Bluff Meadery @ Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island

Blackberry Breeze – Wellborn Winery, Travelers Rest

Scuppernong – Elevation 966 Winery, Greenville

Bronze Medal Winners:

Mead with Fig & Creamsicle – Bee-Town Mead and Cider, Bluffton

Red Clay Rosé – Wellborn Winery, Travelers Rest

Pomegranate – South Bend Winery, Greenwood

Upstate Blush – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Mead with Wild Blueberry Whiskey Barrel Conditioned – Bee-Town Mead and Cider, Bluffton

Sangiovese – Island Winery, Hilton Head Island

Pumpkin Potion – Old Rock Quarry Winery, Enoree

Sea Island White – Island Winery, Hilton Head Island

Maggie May – Enoree River Winery, Newberry

Raspea – Old Rock Quarry Winery, Enoree

Perfectly Peach – South Bend Winery, Greenwood

Mush Creek Mead – Wellborn Winery, Travelers Rest

Hopped Cider – Elevation 966 Winery, Greenville

Dry Hopped Cider – Ships Wheel Hard Cider, North Charleston

Apple Pie Riesling – South Bend Winery, Greenwood

Pomegranate – Cartersville Country Winery, Timmonsville

Sea Island Red – Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island

Cabernet Sauvignon – South Bend Winery, Greenwood

Zinfandel – Elevation 966 Winery, Greenville

Wolf Moon – Enoree River Winery, Newberry

Winter Blues – Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island

Berry Berry Licous – Enoree River Winery, Newberry

Marquette – South Bend Winery, Greenwood

Blackberry Merlot – Cityscape Winery, Pelzer

Chardonnay – South Bend Winery, Greenwood

Bourbon Barrel Merlot – Old Rock Quarry Winery, Enoree

Fortitude- Bears Bluff Meadery @ Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island

Rum Barrel Gold – Ships Wheel Hard Cider, North Charleston

Horned E Heifer – Fat Ass Heifer Cidery, Campobello

It remains our pleasure to organize and host the Palmetto Wine Competition. We applaud all award-winners in the 2022 Palmetto Wine Competition.

Cheers to South Carolina wine!

JenNis Beverage Marketing

Who is JenNis Beverage Marketing?

We are a full pour creative team whose strength is providing solutions for generating organic and dynamic exposure for our partnering brands.

Our unique, specialized, branded competitions are designed to generate a tool for our participating wineries to create an organic marketing campaign for their wines!

We are Dennis and Jenni Turner.

We provide brand exposure!

Dennis is certified at WSET Level 2 and a BJCP certified Hard Cider judge. Dennis serves as Secretary and Immediate Past President for the French Broad Vignerons.

Jenni is certified WSET level 1, a Board Member of the French Broad Vignerons, and our full-time creative marketing professional focusing on our several regional and national wine competitions.

We both are long-standing members of the French Broad Vignerons and both experienced wine competition judges. Together having judged the Asheville Wine Competition, the French Broad Vignerons Regional Wine Competition, and the American Sangria Competition, among several other regional competitions. We are WSET certified and professionally trained in wine faults.

What we do?

We organize Unique Wine Competitions! We plan, organize, market, and direct specialty focused wine and beverage competitions with the optimal goal to create organic and dynamic exposure for our participating producers! Since 2016!

Award winning wines often experience an uptick in sales due to greater brand credibility and consumer trust! External validations of quality often sway consumer perception.

Our results guarantee increased exposure and recognition for your brand. We provide social media and influencer outreach for all winning wines! Increasing brand exposure and gaining influencer recognition is a proven plan to improving sales!  

We evaluate and score wines. We will, with the assistance of highly qualified and experienced wine industry professionals evaluate and score your wine on a 100 point scale.

We are Manufacturers Sales Representatives for exceptional viticulture tools, winemaking supplies, and tasting room retail brands. We are positioned to deliver products for Vineyard, Winemaking, and Tasting Room success! Our territory is North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

We build communities! We build specialized communities. Join our Facebook groups……..Drink Local North Carolina……and Drink Local South Carolina!

We Invest in artisan craft beverage focused small businesses and startups.

We Scout for Crowdfunding opportunities of artisan beverage focused small businesses and startups seeking to raise capital.

Do you want your brand to grow, build your community, and bring your community of customers together in a meaningful and positive way?

Always remember that your marketing strategy should include consistency in actions, a clear path to your success, and authenticity in who you are as a brand.

We can assist you?

Let’s connect! Text or Call @ 864.357.1435

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Weekend April 22-24

It was a full weekend for sure. Friday evening we dined at the CARO-Mi Dining Room in Tryon and afterwards enjoyed an amazing Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir at Bodega Noir in Landrum. Bodega Noir is quickly becoming one of favorite hangouts!

Caro-Mi
Bodega Nior

Saturday we enjoyed the Pig Pickin celebration at Parker-Binns Vineyard and Winery and afterward a bottle at The Red Horse Inn in Lundrum to watch the amazing sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains!

Parker-Binns Vineyard
Red Horse Inn

Sunday we visited newly opened Souther Williams Vineyard in Fletcher for chocolate and wine pairing. Shopped for plants and antiques before finishing our evening at elevation966winery in Greenville. We followed that with dinner at @HomeTeamBBQ of Greenville!

Souther Williams Vineyard

Really a shame our weekends must end, but onward we press. Just two weeks until the 2022 Palmetto Wine Competition! 🍷🍷

Cider, Wine, and Dine Hendersonville, NC

Hendersonville, North Carolina is set to host the annual Cider, Wine, and Dine celebration during the weekend of April 22nd through the 24th.

The three day celebration invites visitors to the vineyards and orchards to sample the many artisan craft beverages produced in Henderson County. The winery and orchards around Hendersonville offer amazingly spectacular mountain and vineyard views.

Point Lookout Vineyard

More that fifty different events are scheduled including specialty tastings and live music!

Souther Williams Vineyard will celebrate its Grand Opening on April 22nd. SWV will officially become the seventh winery in the Crest of the Blue Ridge Henderson County American Viticulture Area.

Wineries in the area are Burntshirt Vineyards, St. Paul Mountain Vineyard, Stone Ash Vineyards, Marked Tree Vineyard, Point Lookout Vineyards, Sawyer Springs Vineyard, and the new Souther Williams Vineyard.

Cideries include Appalachian Ridge Artisan Hard Cider, Flat Rock Cider, and Bold Rock Hard Cider.

Appalachian Ridge Artisan Cider

Visit the Cider, Wine, and Dine webpage to learn about all the events and plan your visit.

“Visitors enjoy spending the weekend hopping from one winery and cidery to another,” says Amy Boswell with Visit Hendersonville. “They have favorites, but the weekend also encourages them to check out new locations they haven’t experienced.”

Marked Tree Vineyard

Saveurs du Temps Pinot Noir

The Wine: Saveurs du Temps

Vintage 2020

100% Pinot Noir

Indication Géographique Protégée Pays d’Oc

13% ABV

Medium ruby in color

Nose: Medium intensity of red fruit with red cherry, redcurrant, red cranberry, mushrooms and spice. Would definitely benefit from decanting 60 minutes or longer.

Taste: Youthful yet rounded tannins showing red cherry, dried red cranberries, redcurrant, and pomegranate finishing with earthy notes and mild pepper.

Overall Impression: Not one the finest Pinot Noirs, yet certainly very pleasant. Will pair well with pasta and veal. I would expect it will improve with bottle aging.

JenNis Beverage Marketing score of 87 points!

Paolo Bea Cerrete Sagrantino

WINE: Paolo Bea, Cerrete, Montefalco, Umbria, Sagrantino

VINTAGE: 2015

COLOR: Medium Ruby

NOSE: Amazing! Needs to open 30 to 60 minutes. Alcohol is present, licorice, toasted almonds, and leather until it opens up with very expressive layers of red currant, red cherry, and very ripe red plums.

TASTE: Dry with polished tannins and harmonious layers. Toned notes of red currant, red plum, red cherry, spices, toasted almonds, caramel, and licorice.

FINISH: Lingering with balanced notes of fruit and spice.

ALCOHOL: 15% ABV

PRICE: $175

SCORE: JenNis Beverage Marketing score of 98 points.

NOTES: This wine is mind blowing! Very rare, if you find a bottle, buy it!!

Watershed Dry Red – Marked Tree Vineyards

WINE: Watershed Dry Red Wine

Winery: Marked Tree Vineyards

Vintage: 2019

Region: Crest of the Blue Ridge, Henderson County AVA

Decanted: 30 minutes

Color: Medium Purple

Nose: black cherry, black plum, cranberry, lilac, and charred wood.

Palate: dry, bone dry, and silky on the tongue, medium-high tannins with high acidity and medium flavor notes of black plum, black currant, dried cranberries, black cherries, clove, sage, toffee, and smoke.

Finish: medium-long finish with hints of clove and smoke.

ABV: 12.5%

Final Evaluation: very good drinking red blend with a reasonable expectation to pleasantly age for an additional 5-7 years.

JenNis Beverage Marketing Score: 89 points

Price Point: $28 a bottle

Vineyard Website: Marked Tree Vineyards

From the Website: “The Continental divide runs through Marked Tree Vineyard. Inspired by the ridge of land that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi River Valley, Watershed is Marked Tree Vineyards’ signature blend. This dry red wine is made with a blend of Cab Franc, Petit Verdot and aged in the barrel for 18 months. While enjoying a bottle of Watershed at Marked Tree, walk the divide and enjoy your path.”

Raptor Red Reserve – Brandon Hills Vineyard

WINE: Raptor Red Reserve – Exclusive Blend – Brandon Hills Vineyard

Vintage: 2019

Region: Yadkin Valley AVA

Decanted: 30 minutes

Color: Medium Ruby with a youthful light rim.

Nose: cherry, plum, blueberry, cocoa, and vanilla.

Palate: dry and silky on the tongue, medium tannins with balanced acidity and medium flavor notes of plum preserves, black currant, dried fig, prunes, raisins, and dark spice.

Finish: medium finish with a little hint of oak and smoke.

ABV: 14%

Final Evaluation: very smooth red blend perfect for pairing with a sizzling steak or red sauce pasta dish. Currently drinking really good with a reasonable expectation to pleasantly age for an additional 3-5 years.

JenNis Beverage Marketing Score: 86 points

Price Point: $25 a bottle

Order Online: Brandon Hills Vineyard VinoShipper

Vineyard Website: BrandonHillsVineyard.Com

Firesteed Pinot Noir

Firesteed Cellars Pinot Noir

Vintage 2020

Wine is youthful as shown in it’s light delicate ruby red color.

Decanted 30 minutes.

The nose moderately shows aromas of red cherry, red plum, vanilla, smoke, cedar, and spice.

On the tongue is moderate notes of red cherry, red plum, cranberry, pomegranate, vanilla, oak, spice, cedar, and smoke.

13% ABV.

Firesteed Pinot Noir

The Malolactic Fermentation shows prominent in this vintage. French Oak aging is prominent in the nose and taste.

This wine should smooth and mellow with aging. I’d love to revisit this vintage in two years. Should cellar and age very desirably for 5-8 years.

It’s a nice drinking wine for the money.

JenNis Beverage Score of 79 points and Bronze medal worthy.

From the website – Firesteed Cellars was founded in 1992. Firesteed opened its official winery and tasting room off the beaten path in Rickreall, Oregon in 2002, where production remains to this day.