We drank our way across Southeastern Tennessee's wine country. Most of the counties in Tennessee are "dry" so you have to go to a winery to buy wine, and who-knows-where to buy hard liquor. Interestingly, the grocery stores in dry counties DO sell beer.
We have now sampled wine at the Tennessee Valley, Ocoee, Tennessee Mountainview, and Strikers Premium wineries. And there are still a few more nearby we want to try! Very few of the wineries grow their own grapes, but rather buy from upstate New York growers. Tennessee Mountainview does have it's own 50-acre spread of over 20 varieties of Muscadine grapes. For one dollar you can graze and for $1.29/lb. you can pick your own to take home. We did both! We also added to our vocabulary: viticulture and oenology. Look them up. . .
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