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Overview
Divine Llama Vineyards offers 11 different wines in their tasting room at a five-acre vineyard nestled in the Yakin Valley. In addition to visiting the tasting room, visitors can also schedule a llama trek, where a llama will carry your supplies while hiking to a creek-side area.
History
Michael West and Tom Hughes, two former architect students at Virginia Tech, purchased the 77-acre site for the vineyard with their wives, Patricia West and Julia Hughes. In 2009, a tasting room centered amongst five acres of vineyards and 20 acres of pasture space was opened. In 2011, Divine Llama Vineyards won awards at Mid-Atlantic Wine Competition for eight of their wines.
The Wines
Dana Acker is the resident winemaker at Divine Llama Vineyards. The vineyard offers four red wines; a cabernet franc, a merlot, and a blend called In a Heartbeat. They have four white wines; Chardonel Gold, Traminette Divine, Traminette Gold and a blend, Mustang Sally. The vineyard only offers one rose wine, Red Rita Rose.
Visiting the Vineyard
Divine Llama Vinyards is located at 5349 Macedonia Road., East Bend, NC 27018, west of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The tasting room is open Friday-Saturday from 12-5 p.m. and on Sunday from 1-5 p.m. However, during the months of January and February, the tasting room is only open Saturday-Sunday.
Admission to the vineyard is free but you must pay for the wines you taste. A llama trek will cost between $50 for adults and $40 for children.
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