The 1.4 million-acre Yadkin Valley, just west
of Winston-Salem, is home to exquisite vineyards and wineries and
was approved as North Carolina's first American Viticultural Area
(AVA). The Yadkin Valley designation appears on bottles when wine
is made from 85 percent grapes grown in this region. The majority
of wineries offer tours and tastings.
This trail will lead you through a weekend of great wines and offers
the opportunity to experience our live music venues in downtown
Winston-Salem. Each May through September, enjoy local, regional
and national acts at Friday evening's Fourth
Street Jazz & Blues near Fourth Street's Restaurant Row
and Saturday evening's Summer
on Trade in the Downtown Arts District at Sixth and Trade Streets.
If your getaway is planned on the first Friday of the month, the
Downtown Arts District, located at Sixth and Trade Streets, features
Gallery Hops in the evening. Set against a backdrop of murals, the
arts district is home to numerous working studios, galleries and
shops, and is the center of many cultural activities. Come and explore
for yourself the fiber, wood, metal, canvas and especially the people
of the arts district.
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 This
experience is a classic combination of great wine and the area's
diverse antique stores. Somewhere in between, we suggest exploring
the Museum
of Early Southern Decorative Arts. Housed in Old
Salem, it is the only museum dedicated to exhibiting and researching
the original decorative arts of America's early South. Guided tours
of the 24 period rooms and seven galleries are offered showcasing
the furniture, paintings, textiles, ceramics and metalwares made
and used in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia and
the Carolinas through 1820. Sorry, these antiques are not for sale.
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 The
first Moravians in North Carolina settled here 250 years ago on
100,000 acres, known as Wachovia Tract. These German-speaking Protestants
established the first colonial town in the Carolina Piedmont in
an area known today as Historic
Bethabara Park. Intended to be a temporary settlement from which
the town of Salem and farming communities would be developed, Bethabara
continued long after Salem was established. It consists of the 1788
church, reconstructed palisade fort and historic community and medicinal
gardens; it is a National Historic Landmark. Guides in costumes
offer tours.
Founded in 1766 to house professional
Moravian craftsmen, Salem, a congregational town and trading center,
was a haven for entrepreneurs. Now known as Old
Salem Museums and Gardens , it is one of America's most authentic and well-documented
colonial sites with 100 restored and reconstructed buildings. The
new Old Salem Visitor Center serves as an orientation area, as well
as gateway to the historic district. Ticketed visitors learn from
costumed interpreters the household activities of European and African
Americans who resided here through 1840. Skilled trades such as
pewtering, pottery making, woodworking, shoemaking and tailoring
are demonstrated. Be sure to visit the gardens of Old Salem described
by Rudy Faveretti as "the “best documented historic landscape
in the United States."
Industries such as Reynolds Tobacco
and the Hanes companies also shaped Winston-Salem by bringing remarkable
wealth to the city. While the city has many distinct neighborhoods,
of particular note is the Historic
West End. Designed in 1890, it was home to the upper-management
of local companies, including R.J. Reynolds. Its curvy streets and
terraced lawns blend beautifully with its Queen Anne, colonial revival,
craftsmen and Victorian style homes.
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Yadkin
Valley Wines - Find all the wineries in the Yadkin Valley
On
the Vine - Carolina Wine Country News
North
Carolina Wine - NC Department of Agriculture
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