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The following year, Shelton opened a state-of-the-art 30,000 case winery. There are currently two additional wineries under construction in the viticultural area, and the Yadkin Valley Wine Grower’s Cooperative was recently incorporated. In 1999, Surry Community College began offering continuing education viticulture courses. Spurred on by ...
English: This is a locator map showing Yadkin County in North Carolina. For more information, ... The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
Present-day Yadkin County was home to the Tutelo and Saponi Indian tribes. [3] European-descent settlers moved into the area around 1748. Though in the western Piedmont region of the state, the residents of the eventual county developed more economic, political, and cultural similarities with their contemporaries in the mountains to the west than to many of their peers in other sections of the ...
The area is referred to as the Tri-County (Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin) Region and is located in the Yadkin Valley AVA, an American Viticultural Area. Wines made from grapes grown in the Yadkin Valley AVA may use the appellation Yadkin Valley on their labels. At least a dozen wineries are located within 15 miles (24 km) of the town.
Of over 95 North Carolina wineries, [1] Shelton Vineyards is the largest family-owned estate winery in North Carolina. Located in the Yadkin Valley near Mount Airy, the estate is 406-acre (1.64 km 2) acres. The Shelton Vineyards' wines are reflective of the terroir of the Yadkin Valley.
The geographical name "Swan Creek" refers to a village in the approximate center of the viticultural area, as well as a Yadkin River tributary creek system. Swan Creek village sits in the Brushy Mountains south of the Yadkin River. East and West Swan Creeks run north from the mountains before joining together as Swan Creek to the northwest of ...
There are also numerous vineyards in the Yadkin Valley area (over 40 in and around Elkin), and the Yadkin Valley Wine Festival is held each May at the Elkin Municipal Park, which is situated along Big Elkin Creek, a tributary of the Yadkin River. Elkin is centrally located in the Yadkin Valley Wine Region (a certified American Viticulture Area).