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10 Perfect North Carolina Wine Pairings
Find out how to complement your favorite entrées — from oysters to filet mignon, and yes, good old North Carolina barbecue — with North Carolina wines.
North Carolina Wine Profiles Explained
Are you a thirsty newcomer, a curious quaffer, or an intrepid connoisseur?
An Afternoon & a Tank of Gas: Seagrove
This town and its surrounding hamlets occupy only a few square miles in the corners of Randolph and Moore counties, yet they’re home to dozens of potters, one of the densest concentrations in the world. To paraphrase an old saw: You can’t throw a pot without hitting one.
Cornbread, Apple, & Chestnut Dressing
Sure, cornbread is common in many Southern Thanksgiving dressings, but it’s elemental in mountain dressing.
Sausage, Sweet Potato, & Pecan Dressing
A dish of dressing that’s rich with crumbled cornbread, dirt-candy sweet potatoes, and sage-scented sausage is a blessing anywhere, but the taste is unmistakably eastern North Carolina.
City Dressing
The outcome of this classic combination is never in jeopardy, and the flavor is reassuringly delicious.
Oyster Dressing
Some people might quibble over whether this type of dressing is the same thing as oyster pie. Well, it might be, but not on Thanksgiving.
Hanging Around Hanging Rock
An end-of-summer trek along NC Highway 66 in Stokes County provides plenty of kicks — as well as eats — and endless views of the Sauratown Mountains.
