WineryJune Calloway
Ambler Creek Vineyards · Marshall, NC · since 2011
“At 2,400 feet the nights do half the winemaking. September drops twenty degrees after dark.”
4.9 · 3 experiences · from $55
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Twenty-one people who make what they pour.
Not brands. Not tasting rooms with someone else’s wine on the shelf. Every one of them has been visited, and every one of them still works the floor.
- 21
- producers
- 6
- regions
- 1 in 3
- applications approved
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Elena Ruiz
Perdenales Ridge Cellars · Fredericksburg, TX · making wine since 2009
“There are nine inches of soil here before you hit limestone. Everything I do is an argument with that.”
Estate Tempranillo and Mourvèdre grown on shallow limestone, fermented in concrete.
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- experiences
- 4.9
- from 236 visits
- $65
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Chosen from the 7 producers rating 4.85 or better across at least 100 visits, in rotation, one a month. It cannot be bought — $0 is what a producer can pay for placement here, at any stage.
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Marlow Reyes
Rhodine Brewing Works · Asheville, NC · since 2019
“The house culture is older than the brewery. Some of what it does tastes strange on purpose.”
4.7 · 2 experiences · from $45
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Abel Finch
Twelve Springs Cidery · Hendersonville, NC · since 2013
“I hand you a Virginia Hewes Crab and watch your face. Unpleasant apple, honest cider.”
4.8 · 3 experiences · from $32
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Nia Broadwater
Foxhound Row Roasters · Asheville, NC · since 2015
“Nobody drives an hour for coffee. That is exactly why we make it worth the drive.”
4.8 · 3 experiences · from $18
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6 producers
Fewer than six people
11 producers
Founded by women
8 producers
Joined this year
13 producers
Every one of these counts producers who answered the question themselves, in their own editor — not producers we think qualify. Some decline, and a producer who declines is counted on neither side. We never guess who founded a business from a name.
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Short enough to print in full. That’s the point.
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Every producer we hold a record for is named above. The atlas counts 17 open regions across the whole roster we are building toward; the names here are the ones you can book today.
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We approve about one in three who apply, and we visit before we decide.