Far left, Brent Skidmore, Director, Craft Campus, Research Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. Center, Allison Sipes with husband Robert, Vice President of Progress Energy. Far right Cheryl Hemmer, Brent's wife, all enjoying the fruits of Shannon Ridge wines.
Asheville North Carolina is constantly showing up in National magazines as the coolest place in the country to live. Outside Magazine rated the 30 Best Towns in America that are Fit, Fun and Packed with Adventure and Asheville was the #1 in the Southeast, US.
Asheville is nestled in the heart of the Appalachian mountains, close to Mt. Pisgah at 5,721 ft, The French Broad river runs through it and Asheville serves up more that 2,000 miles of hiking and Mtn Biking trails, whitewater creeking and eclectic bars, restaurants and interesting nightlife (check out the Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club where the Smashing Pumpkins announced an Artists in Residence extended stay performance). Actress Andy McDowell calls Asheville home as does the famous Biltmore House, a 200+ room mansion that was once the summer home of the famous Vanderbilt family. I poured Shannon Ridge at the Asheville Art Museum's annual fundraiser http://www.ashevilleart.org/ where the "Who's Who" of Asheville came out to support the local arts community. Our wines had just arrived at the distributors door that morning so for all those folks wanting to know where to buy Shannon Ridge...go to your local wine shop and ask them to order the wines from Empire Distributors. 828-687-8662. They will have them to you in a day or so....thanks for all the support.
P.S. several folks came back to the table and said that the Shannon Ridge 2006 Barbera was the best wine at the event! Woo hoo!
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