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In the Wine Light<\/a>\u00a0we celebrate Henderson County, NC’s Cider, Wine, and Dine Weekend<\/a>! \u00a0This annual event is back again for 2022. \u00a0This year’s event runs from April 22 – 24.<\/p>\n Per the website and press release, “The three-day celebration welcomes people to vineyards and orchards where artisan craft beverages are produced in this thriving agricultural region. Almost 60 events take place throughout the weekend, including specialty tastings, dinners, tours, and lots of live music.”<\/p>\n Participants include:<\/p>\n Tasting Room Pre-Pandemic – Appalachian Ridge Artisan Hard Cider – Hendersonville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n Barrel Room at Burntshirt Vineyards – Hendersonville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n Vineyard and Blue Ridge Mountains at Marked Tree Vineyard – Flat Rock, NC<\/p><\/div>\n Saint Paul Mountain Vineyards – Hendersonville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n Stone Ashe Vineyards – Hendersonville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n In addition, the weekend will feature the grand opening of Henderson County’s newest winery and vineyard, Souther Williams<\/a>, on Friday, April 22.\u00a0 Souther Williams sits on land that has been in the family since 1800.\u00a0 Souther Williams is located at 655 Hoopers Creek Road, Fletcher, NC 28732.<\/p>\n Activities include wine and cider tastings, live music, and more! \u00a0For a full list of activities, download the event brochure<\/a>.<\/p>\n Henderson County has a rich history of agriculture and agro-tourism. \u00a0It is the largest apple growing county in North Carolina producing 85% of North Carolina’s apple crop. \u00a0This Cider, Wine, and Dine Weekend coincides when apples are in bloom.<\/p>\n Crest of the Blue Ridge Henderson County AVA – Elevation Map<\/p><\/div>\n In addition to apples, Henderson County is now known for growing grapes as well. \u00a0It’s home to North Carolina’s newest American Viticultural Area<\/a>, Crest of the Blue Ridge Henderson County<\/a>. \u00a0It’s one of our favorite spots in North Carolina, so we recommend you go check it out too!<\/p>\n #InTheWineLight #NCWine #CrestOfTheBlueRidgeHendersonCountyAVA #CiderWineDineWeekend<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Annual Cider, Wine, and Dine weekend comes once again to Henderson County!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[326],"tags":[345,346,354],"class_list":["post-10299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-wine-light","tag-american-viticultural-area","tag-ava","tag-crest-of-the-blue-ridge-henderson-county-ava","has-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10299"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10753,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10299\/revisions\/10753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Tasting](\"http:\/\/ncwineguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BIRU-WP-20180902T173110GMT-0400-225x300.jpg\")
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