Governor Perdue has declared September 2009 North Carolina Wine & Grape Appreciation Month!

 

Grape and wine production has a special place in North Carolina's history. North Carolina was the leading wine producer in the United States before Prohibition. Reports of scuppernong grapes in North Carolina date back to 1584. Wine vineyards existed in Bath and New Bern in 1737.

 

Find resources about wine in North Carolina in the Government & Heritage Library's online catalog:
http://tinyurl.com/ncwine1

 

Additional resources may be located at another library near you! http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=north+carolina+wine

 

State Document Highlight

Economic Impact of North Carolina Wine and Grapes: 2005
http://tinyurl.com/ncwine2

 

Articles/Resources

 

Cusick, Claire. "North Carolina's expanding wine industry drives a new niche economy: Fertile ground for vines and vintners." Indpendent. August 6, 2008. 25:32. p. 17-19.

 

Giovanelli, Laura. "My vineyard tour: the taste for adventure among hte vines can be quenched with relative ease." Winston-Salem Journal. August 9, 2009.
Available via Newspaper Source Plus via NC LIVE and at the State Library of North Carolina's Government & Heritage Library.

 

Gregory, Alice. "Wineries sprout up across North Carolina." Charlotte Observer. August 3, 2003.
Available via Newspaper Source Plus via NC LIVE and at the State Library of North Carolina's Government & Heritage Library.

 

Hughes, Leah. "The Making of a North Carolina Vineyard." Our State. September 2009. p. 74-97. Available at the Government & Heritage Library and on newstands.

 

Jackson, L.A. "The Mother Vine." Our State. April 2006. 73:11. p. 82-84. Available at the State Library of North Carolina's Government & Heritage Library.

 

Owens, Jonathan. "State's wine industry now a force." Sanford Herald. February 25, 2009.

Available via Newspaper Source Plus via NC LIVE and at the State Library of North Carolina's Government & Heritage Library.

 

Polling, E. Barclay, ed. The North Carolina Winegrape Grower's Guide. North Carolina Cooperative Extension.

 

Find additional article citations in the ECU Joyner Library's North Carolina Periodicals Index.

 

Brochures from visitnc.com

 

NC Wine Map

Haw River Wine Trail

Uwharrie Mountains Wine Trail

Vineyards of Swan Creek Wine Trail

Wineries With RV Parking, Hook-Ups, Campgrounds

Yadkin Valley Wine Region