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Banner Elk Winery is the North Carolina High Country's first commercial winery.
The winery not only offers wine for sale but wine tasting and educational tours which include instruction in the various steps and processes on how wine is made.
The winery was built on a 20 acre working blueberry farm which has been recognized as the premier blueberry farm in North Carolina.
Vintner Dick
Wolfe has already used the local berries to create the first blueberry wine and blueberry port. That wine has already received recognition and has become a trademark of the Winery.
Along with the blueberries Wolfe has planted vineyards that will begin producing grapes as early as next season. In the meantime he will rely on grapes from other growers and from his existing vineyards near Abingdon, Va.
Operating in tandem with the winery, just across the lawn, Dr. Wolfe and his wife, Dede Walton, host guests at the Blueberry Villa, an eight -bedroom luxury bed and breakfast. The villa overlooks the winery and surrounding fields of fruit. The suites are all named after wines, which perfectly express the flavor of this opulent retreat.
For more information visit www.blueberryvilla.com
