The best wines of North Carolina

Discover the best wines of North Carolina as well as the best winemakers of North Carolina and estates of North Carolina to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of North Carolina and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of North Carolina by region

Looking for a good wine of North Carolina among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of North Carolina. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of North Carolina with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of North Carolina

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of North Carolina

Red wines from the region of North Carolina go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, lamb tagine with honey and onions or rabbit with homemade mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of North Carolina

On the nose the red wine of the region of North Carolina. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in red wine of North Carolina

  • 2002With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.96/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of North Carolina

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Sangiovese
  • Zinfandel
  • Tempranillo
  • Petite Sirah

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of North Carolina

A wine route planned in the region of North Carolina? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of North Carolina.

Discovering the wine region of North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located on the east coast of the United States, between the Appalachian Mountains to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The state's transitional Climate is well suited to growing grapes for wine production, and the state has a Long and illustrious wine-making history. North Carolina's finest wines are made from Vitis vinifera grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot and Riesling. However, muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia) are native to the region.

One example is Scuppernong, a (relatively) large member of the muscadine family named after the Scuppernong River that runs through the state. Roanoke Island, on the east coast of North Carolina, is home to a 400-year-old Scuppernong Plant that is believed to be the oldest cultivated Vine in the world. North Carolina covers about 140,000 square miles of flat coastal plains and rolling hills of the Piedmont ("foot of the hills") region of the eastern United States, named after the Piedmont region of northern Italy. The climate of North Carolina's hilly regions is well suited to viticulture, with the surrounding mountains providing protection from the northern weather.

Great white wines of North Carolina

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of North Carolina

White wines from the region of North Carolina go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of smoked salmon pasta gratin, chicken risotto with curry or chantilly cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of North Carolina

On the nose the white wine of the region of North Carolina. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, melon or floral and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, red fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of the region of North Carolina. is a .

The best vintages in white wine of North Carolina

  • 2014With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of North Carolina

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscat Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of North Carolina

A wine route planned in the region of North Carolina? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of North Carolina.

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

Great sparkling wines of North Carolina

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of North Carolina

Sparkling wines from the region of North Carolina go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of homemade pork curry, salmon steaks with lemon and shallot sauce or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of North Carolina

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of North Carolina. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of North Carolina

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of North Carolina

  • Chardonnay
  • Moscato
  • Pinot Noir
  • Marsanne
  • Chardonel

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of North Carolina

A wine route planned in the region of North Carolina? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of North Carolina.

The word of the wine: Hairy Grenache

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Great pink wines of North Carolina

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of North Carolina

Pink wines from the region of North Carolina go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of beef strogonoff, grilled lamb shoulder with spices and honey or ham puff pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of North Carolina

On the nose the pink wine of the region of North Carolina. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, tropical fruit or non oak.

The best vintages in pink wine of North Carolina

  • 2012With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of North Carolina

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Muscadine
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Zinfandel
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of North Carolina

A wine route planned in the region of North Carolina? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of North Carolina.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Manseng

Petit Manseng is a white grape variety of Pyrenean origin. Its small berries have a hard, well-ventilated skin, which allows Petit Manseng to resist grey rot. On the other hand, this variety is very sensitive to noble rot, which concentrates the aromas and makes it possible to produce remarkable sweet wines with flavours of exotic fruits, grapefruit, honey, gingerbread, etc. Rich in alcohol and acidity, these wines are very well balanced and very fine. petit manseng also produces fruity dry white wines. It is also used in the AOC Béarn, Jurançon, Pacherenc-du-Vic-Bilh, Tursan...

Great sweet wines of North Carolina

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of North Carolina

Sweet wines from the region of North Carolina go well with generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of apple cake, moist parmesan steak or summer tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of North Carolina

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of North Carolina. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tropical fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in sweet wine of North Carolina

  • 2013With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.85/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of North Carolina

  • Muscadine
  • Moscato
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Riesling
  • Chambourcin
  • Petit Manseng

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of North Carolina

A wine route planned in the region of North Carolina? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of North Carolina.

The word of the wine: Ice wine

Sweet wine obtained by pressing frozen berries harvested in the middle of winter.

Great natural sweet wines of North Carolina

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Want to buy a natural-sweet wine of North Carolina cheap or sell a natural-sweet wine of North Carolina at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of North Carolina

Natural sweet wines from the region of North Carolina go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of kig ar farz breton, lamb epigram in spicy sauce or cassoulet of yesteryear.

Organoleptic analysis of natural-sweet wine of North Carolina

On the nose the natural sweet wine of the region of North Carolina. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or dried fruit.

The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of North Carolina

  • 2006With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of North Carolina

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

The best wineries and winemakers for natural-sweet wine of North Carolina

A wine route planned in the region of North Carolina? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best natural-sweet wine of North Carolina.

    Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

    From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

    News from the vineyard of North Carolina

    The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

    Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

    The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

    Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

    An overview of Mâcon plus a geographical denomination appellation

    The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey of this vineyard where the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation are produced. A unique journey to discover this region where the Romanesque churches punctuate the landscape and are the witnesses of the link between the vines and Christiannity. Cluny is the gatekeeper. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

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