Apr 1, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. — A spring breeze, the crack of a bat, the sense of place that defines Minor League Baseball — all that and a choice of craft brew: What more could a baseball fan want?
From Asheville to Zebulon, games unfold in towns where Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Curt Sch…
Mar 26, 2013
Eighty-odd breweries across 600 miles of highway — we’ll understand if you can’t visit them all. To help you establish priorities, we asked well-known North Carolina beer writers Win Bassett and Anne-Fitten Glenn for their advice on the not-to-miss taps. Here are their top…
Mar 4, 2013
70+ Breweries and Tourism Partners Cover All of April, All of NC
RALEIGH, N.C. — With the most breweries of any state south of Pennsylvania and east of Texas, North Carolina is truly the South’s beer stronghold. To celebrate the state’s craftsmanship and the destinat…
Jan 18, 2013
They say every wine has a story. Wait till you hear ours.
Not long after Sir Walter Raleigh landed in what would become North Carolina, the grape vine was first introduced and cultivated in the New World. In fact, by the dawn of the 20th Century, NC was the leading wine-producing region …
Jan 18, 2013
Come join us on a foodie tour of the Yadkin Valley. Starting around I-77 just south of the Virginia line, the Yadkin Valley American Viticulture Area is shaped like a funky boomerang that extends westward into mountains, eastward just past Winston-Salem and then south just past Lexingt…
Jan 17, 2013
This gnarly old girl still propagates new life in the North Carolina wine industry. In addition to its history, native varietals also offer health benefits with dramatically high levels of heart-healthy resveratrol.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sir Walter Raleigh had no idea that the vine his…
