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" Life is too short to drink bad wine..." The tradition of Waldensian wine making began centuries ago in the Cottian Alps, west of Torino, Italy and the Western Piedmont of Italy. This was comparable to Valdese, North Carolina, the Western Piedmont of North Carolina. The wine-making skills of these Waldensian people are now preserved by Waldensian Heritage Wines and reflect a combined 250 years experience in the making of wine. The winery, located at 4950 Villar Lane, NE in Valdese, was constructed in 1930 of local field rock and timbers, is a 4,000 square foot building exemplifying life in the 1930s and a look at the manual operation of producing quality wines by using old world technologies, coupled with some modern equipment and innovations that produce wines that have a "true taste of the grape." Much of the wine operation is a manual process, continuing year-round from crushing the grapes, fermenting, filtering, blending, bottling, and labeling. No wine is bottled from bulk storage until there is a need or sold until it has at least one year of aging because "Life is too short to drink bad wine." The winery has available a presentation vineyard and an outside covered "boccia" (lawn bowling) court with an adjacent covered seating area. Visitors are welcome to join a conducted tour along with tasting various wines and an opportunity for purchasing. The winery is available for parties, meetings, reunions, wedding events, or any scheduled gathering of friends. Cater your next event at the winery by calling (828) 879-3202. The winery is open year-round on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for tours from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. and at other times by appointment. For more information or tour reservations, call: (828) 879-3202. For information on a complete tour of Valdese, including the Waldensian Heritage Wines Winery, click here. | WINE | DESCRIPTION | | Heritage Burgundy Valdese | A totally dry red wine as originally made by the first generation Waldenses. It is made from bunch grapes with a lingering aroma of grapes at harvest time. It is best served at room temperature and is excellent with red meat, game, and pasta. | | Burgundy Valdese | Their best seller with only a small residual amount of sugar. Served at room temperature, it has an excellent bouquet of the grape, an inborn fruitiness, and a light burgundy flavor. This wine is excellent for sipping or with the same foods as Heritage Burgundy Valdese. | | Villar Rouge Sweet | A sweet wine that maintains the quality of the Burgundy Valdese with extra sugar to please the taste buds of the Southern Ladies and the Southern Gentlemen. It is enjoyable as a dessert or after dinner wine, and best served at room temperature or slightly chilled. | | Blanc Royale | Their traditional white wine, made from a blend of choice white grapes. This semi-dry wine has a well-balanced bouquet and a delicate fruity flavor. An excellent choice with appetizers, seafood, or poultry. Serve slightly chilled, with a friend. | | Waldensian White Sweet | A sweet blend with an artful approach to blending American and hybrid grapes to produce a soft white wine that can be enjoyed before, during, or after dinner. This is truly an "all occasion wine," loved by the Southern Ladies and served slightly chilled. | | Blush Regal | A delightfully pleasant, medium-dry wine produced from a blue grape by limiting the contact between the juice and the grape skins, thus giving the wine its pink color. It is great as a summer sipper, an appetite stimulant, and an excellent complement to any meal. It is recommended that this wine be served slightly chilled. | | Piedmont Rose | A blend of two white wines and a percentage of their red wine. It is blended for customers who prefer a sweet wine that still maintains its fruitiness and delicate bouquet and is best served slightly chilled. | | Millennium Deux | A unique wine made by blending all the wines used at Waldensian Heritage Wines. It is semi-sweet, has an excellent bouquet, and fruity flavor. Sipping it reminds one of memories gone by. It is best served slightly chilled. |
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