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Join me at the Southeastern United Grape & Wine Symposium on November 20th, 2025

Let's talk about wine all day then let's drink some wine.

Nov 5, 2025 • Kara Daly

Harvest Notes: A Carboy Is A Magic 8 Ball

Winemakers in Western North Carolina collaborate to experiment with a new grape: Aravelle.

Sep 17, 2025 • Kara Daly

Harvest Notes: Seyval, Cayuga, and Spontaneous Mead in North Carolina

I drive to the Piedmont region to count the millennials making wine, taste some bubbling grapes and learn about ancestral meads.

Sep 10, 2025 • Kara Daly

Harvest Notes: plēb is plēbin' away

Speaking of climate resilience, Chris Denesha of plēb urban winery is pressing grapes this season.

Aug 27, 2025 • Kara Daly

Grape harvest has begun in North Carolina

Part one of a compilation of unofficial notes sent to me by some very busy winemakers.

Aug 20, 2025 • Kara Daly

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Can't Take The Place Out Of The Grape

Jan 8, 2025 • Kara Daly

Over 400 years old, the Mother Vine still bears fruit

Aug 6, 2025 • Kara Daly

2024 in six acts

Dec 31, 2024 • Kara Daly

What do Sicily and N.C. have in common?

Sep 4, 2024 • Kara Daly

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