Sir Walter Raleigh Finally Arrives in North Carolina
DUBLIN, NC – Lu Mil Vineyard is pleased to announce its newest sweet muscadine wine, “Sir Walter Raleigh”. The name was selected to honor our newest location in Raleigh, NC at the State Farmer’s Market and after much research, we found a great deal of interest from our Outer Banks customers plus it was a perfect fit with our other wine labels that also hold historical or family meaning.
The special-edition wine is naturally sweet with an intense fruit taste that reminds one of picking fresh grapes from grandmother’s vines. Our Sir Walter Raleigh commemorates the famed 16th Century poet, privateer, courtier, and explorer who launched an expedition to establish a permanent colony in the New World. Located in present day North Carolina, his settlement is now known as the Lost Colony.
Sir Walter Raleigh himself never visited North America, but on the expedition he chartered explorers that encountered a bountiful native grape growing in wild abundance. Raleigh's explorers wrote in 1584 that the coast of North Carolina was "...so full of grapes as the very beating and surge of the sea overflowed them...” Sir Walter Raleigh was also regarded as one of the finest poets of his day and often recounted the story of North Carolina's plentiful and prosperous grape. Raleigh's explorers found the sweet fruit growing "on the sand and on the green soil, on the hills as on the plains, as well as on every little shrub ... also climbing towards the tops of tall cedars ... in all the world the like abundance is not to be found." North Carolina's muscadine was said to be a grape “of such greatness, yet wild, as France, Spain, nor Italy hath no greater..."
Grown in the same sandy soil of North Carolina's Coastal Plain, the sweet and sought-after grape is still found in abundance at Lu Mil Vineyard. Lu Mil's special-edition wine, Sir Walter Raleigh, builds upon the healthy muscadine grape's tradition of excellence that began on the famed explorer's expedition. Lu Mil Vineyard has carefully crafted the same succulent fruit that Raleigh’s explorers encountered on the North Carolina coast into a fine muscadine wine. The sweet red wine embodies all the savory and beneficial qualities that made the grapes so acclaimed by Raleigh and his explorers over 400 years ago. Since 1792, the capital city of NC has been named in honor of the explorer, and in 2001 it was decided that a variety of muscadine grape should be the official state fruit. Lu Mil Vineyard's newest wine, Sir Walter Raleigh, is both a symbol and a celebration of North Carolina's long and prosperous history with its sweet native grape.
Lu Mil Vineyard is located between Fayetteville and Wilmington just off Hwy 87 in Dublin, NC. If you have any questions, please call Lu Mil Vineyard at 910-866-5819.
The Dove Brothers Announce a D’vine Relationship!
The Dove Brothers, one of Southern Gospel’s most acclaimed quartets, have teamed up with lifelong friend Ron Taylor, one of North Carolina’s most acclaimed manufacturers, to create an exciting new product known as Dove Brothers “Spreading the Word” Muscadine Grape Jelly, straight from the vineyards of Bladen County.
“It’s made just down the road from where we were born,” McCray Dove notes. “That’s one of the reasons we’re so excited about this. We’ve known Ron all of our lives, and we’re all proud to be Bladen County boys.”
Taylor, whose company, D’vine Foods, produces a prominent line of jams, jellies, toppings and ciders, has delighted in watching the Doves sing their way to prominence, even as they’ve enjoyed watching the success he has attained.
“We’re just hometown boys who delight in the Lord and are grateful to Him for granting us the desires of our hearts,” McCray explained. “It’s been a long time since this kind of partnership took place in our industry, but we feel it’s the right time and the right product.”
Muscadine grapes are more than delicious; high in antioxidants, they are also widely regarded as excellent sources of good health.
“These don’t arrive on a boat from China,” McCray points out. “They’re grown right in our backyard, which makes them seem like home cookin’ to us. But what’s even more important is that the fans who buy our jelly are also going to know they’ll be supporting the American farmer.”
The Doves plan to make “Spreading the Word” jelly available at their product table at the end of every concert, and each jar will be emblazoned with a reference to Proverbs 16:24, just as a constant reminder to them and their fans that it’s the Lord who deserves the glory for the creation of this joint venture.
More information is available at www.dovebrothersquartet.com
“You need harmony in business, just as you need it in song,” McCray said. “And that’s what we have with Ron. This is an association we feel very good about. In addition to offering the sweetest music this side of heaven, we’re now going to be able to offer the sweetest taste, too.”
For more info on D'vine products call Allie Nance at 910-862-2576.