Two days in my 7 years of North Carolina have really stood out: my wedding day, and a day about 4 years ago that I spent canoeing down the Haw River. Yesterday I got to combine the two: Barry and I paddled the Haw together. This was a different stretch: a little further north, class [...]
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The best day ever
April 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: 27701 · Beaver Lodge Local 1504 · Friends & Family · North Carolina · North Carolina wines · kayaking
Another day in the Yadkin Valley
October 21st, 2007 · 3 Comments
Barry and I got up earlier than usual on Saturday, and hit the road by 7:30am for a day trip to the Yadkin Valley. The purpose of this trip was not wine-tasting (although we did a bit), but to scout the area with thoughts towards possibly buying land there some day.
We made a brief stop [...]
Tags: North Carolina · North Carolina wines
White wine chosen
September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
The white wine for the wedding: Viognier from RagApple Lassie.
RagApple Lassie was one of the wineries we stopped at earlier this month. Beautiful, big space, nice wine-tasting room. Short tour included something I’d never seen in all my wine tours in Napa and Sonoma: vats of freshly crushed grapes. Made me want to take my [...]
Tags: North Carolina · North Carolina wines · Wedding · Wine