We are proud to announce our Best-in-Show winner as judged in the 2024 Palmetto Wine Competition. The competition was blind judged in Landrum at Bodega Noir. Our judges hold advanced certifications from American Wine Society and Wine Spirits Education Trust. One judge is a twenty plus year veteran commercial winemaker while another judge is aContinue reading “Palmetto Wine Comp 2024”
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2023 in Review – Part 2
Let’s take a look at several wine competition award and medal presentations in 2023! Organizing wine competitions takes so much work, time, and energy. However, the reward is traveling the Southeast for medal presentations! This is the fun!! 🥇 Seriously, look how photogenic Josh and Deb are from City Scape? Larry and Mandy from SouthContinue reading “2023 in Review – Part 2”
Deep Water Vineyard
Charleston’s Wine Destination Wadmalaw Island may seem a world away from the bustling streets of historic Charleston, however, the scenic drive only takes a leisurely thirty minutes. Wadmalaw Island is quiet, tranquil, without major department stores or chain restaurants, and only sporadic homes and local establishments along the winding two-lane country highway. What you willContinue reading “Deep Water Vineyard”
Partners and Grapes
More Than Just a Wine Brand! A wine brand just launched in early 2022. Partners and Grapes based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the idea born of two friends vacationing in Spain. The two perhaps enjoyed the native Spanish wine just a bit too much. The next morning, both had a headache and generally justContinue reading “Partners and Grapes”
2023 Palmetto Wine Competition
Estate-grown dry Muscadine wine wins Best-in-Show in the 2023 Palmetto Wine Competition! The 2023 Palmetto Wine Competition was judged this June by a panel of highly qualified, experienced, and certified judges. Our judges have been certified by professional organizations such as American Wine Society, Wine Spirits & Education Trust, and Court of Master Sommeliers. OurContinue reading “2023 Palmetto Wine Competition”
2022 Palmetto Wine Comp Medal Presentations
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, JenNis Beverage Marketing, and theContinue reading “2022 Palmetto Wine Comp Medal Presentations”
Weekend Winery Escapades -1st in November 2022
How about a Winery Escapades blog! Just a recap of our weekend adventures! 🍷Our new tradition is to start our weekend early! Like Thursday evening kind of early! Mountain Brook Vineyards in Tryon, North Carolina is just 30 minutes from us – and they stay open late! Open until 7pm on Thursday evening! It’s normallyContinue reading “Weekend Winery Escapades -1st in November 2022”
Random Vineyard Pic Drop
Why not!!
Wine Competition Process
I decided back in July to try and gain a better understanding of what drives our views on our blog. 🍷🍷 This September we will try the formula of consistent content. I hope we can……lol!! Tonight’s content could be construed as a bitch session….but maybe it’ll be insightful to some! August 29th we held theContinue reading “Wine Competition Process”
Mead Day 2022
Celebrating Mead Day on Saturday August 6th, 2022! To celebrate, we opened up the Amarena from Keeper’s Cut Meadery in Marion, North Carolina. With the North Carolina Mead-Cider-Fruit Wine Competition being judged on August 29th in Flat Rock, North Carolina, we’d thought it be fun to look back to our 2021 medal presentations! We deliveredContinue reading “Mead Day 2022”
Wine Competitions and Marketing! 