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We are proud to announce our Best-in-Show winner as judged in the 2024 Palmetto Wine Competition. The competition was blind judged in Landrum at Bodega Noir. Our judges hold advanced certifications from American Wine Society and Wine Spirits Education Trust. One judge is a twenty plus year veteran commercial winemaker while another judge is a current vineyard manager in North Carolina! This…

Estate-grown dry Muscadine wine wins Best-in-Show in the 2023 Palmetto Wine Competition! The 2023 Palmetto Wine Competition was judged this June by a panel of highly qualified, experienced, and certified judges. Our judges have been certified by professional organizations such as American Wine Society, Wine Spirits & Education Trust, and Court of Master Sommeliers. Our panel of judges have…

The 2022 Palmetto Wine Competition was judged May 7th at The Belmont Inn in historic Abbeville, South Carolina. The Palmetto Wine Competition serves to increase exposure for commercially licensed wineries in South Carolina. The event is made possible by our generous and supportive sponsors, Van in Black, Bristow Beverage Law, JenNis Beverage Marketing, and the Belmont Inn in Abbeville, South…

JenNis Beverage Marketing is excited to announce the 2022 Palmetto Wine Competition will be held May 7th at The Belmont Inn downtown historic Abbeville, South Carolina. It is with great excitement that we return South Carolina’s wine competition to its rightful home! The goal of the Palmetto Wine Competition remains to promote and give positive exposure to the wine, mead, and cider producers of…

Cityscape Winery – Expansion Update

We recently stopped by CityScape Winery to check on the construction progress of their new 10,000+ square feet tasting room and production facility. With an expected finish date in December, 2021, it’s very exciting to see the building really coming along. I took the first two pictures below on our recent visit. Side View View of the Front Co-owner and winemaker Josh Jones sent me two…

2021 harvest at North and South Carolina vineyards is winding down. We thought it’d be fun to take a look at harvest pictures from around the Carolina’s Cartersville Country Winery in Timmonsville, SC harvests the muscadine with an automatic harvester. The coolest winery in the Carolina’s was showing of the beautiful Cabernet Franc! Raffaldini Vineyards in the Yadkin Valley AVA showing off…

Mead with Wild Blueberry – Beet-Town Mead and Cider

Mead with Wild Blueberry Bee-Town Mead and Cider in Bluffton, South Carolina. Best in Show award winner in the 2020 Palmetto Wine Competition. Beautiful color of violet. Nose pronounced of wild blueberry. Sweet with a full body and perfectly balanced acidity. Prominent blueberry notes on the tongue with a sweet wildflower honey finish. The is an excellent smooth drinking mead. 11.5%…

We’ll keep this pinned toward the top of our page and do our best to keep it updated as we hear interesting industry tidbits. E-mail tidbits to [email protected] or text Dennis @ 864-357-1435 Let’s get going!!! Mountain Brook Vineyards in Tryon is this Spring replanting the entire vineyards while adding acreage under vine. New plantings will consist of Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Franc,…