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Fall is particularly beautiful time to visit Surry County and the Yadkin Valley. Many of the wineries are framed by a backdrop of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains.

Nearly two decades after they invested heavily in the winemaking program at Surry Community College, Ed and Charlie Shelton hired winemaker Ethan Brown, a graduate of the college’s Shelton-Badgett NC Center for Viticulture and Enology.

“When we went to Germany and Italy, we thought we’d learn some neat tricks and find something we could do different, but it turns out they make wine exactly the same way we do,” Pat says, laughing.

Praise was heaped upon the individual wineries, as well as the Yadkin Valley in general: “In the past six years, the wines have gone from ‘pretty good’ to ‘great.’ ” To read the wine-related article, click here

Spend a pleasant Saturday evening at Shelton Vineyards' outdoor amphitheater listening to live music, dancing and sipping award-winning wine.

Taste vintages from the Yadkin Valley American Viticultural Area — the first federally recognized wine-growing region in North Carolina — at this annual Elkin festival.

Celebrate the start of a new Yadkin Valley vintage with wine, beer, food and music in downtown Mount Airy.

Van Coe spent twenty years as a banker but eventually decided to enroll in the viticulture program at Surry Community College.

Within Surry, the Upper Yadkin Valley Wine Trail is a self-guided tour, connecting five very distinctive wineries beginning in Elkin and ending near Thurmond.

Tastes and aromas: honey and dried cranberry, watermelon and strawberry in the nose with hints of mandarin orange Drink it with: fruits and cheeses or as a perfect spicy fare