Source: Kathleen Purvis, NEWS & OBSERVER, 6/21/18


Yes, it was a dream assignment. To write “Distilling the South: A Guide to Southern Craft Liquors and the People Who Make Them,” (UNC Press, 2018), I hit the road in 2016 to spend 14 months visiting more than 50 distilleries across 11 Southern states.
A big chunk of my research took me all over North Carolina, from Asheville to Kinston and from Mount Airy to Charlotte, visiting small, start-up distilleries.

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