Source: MT. AIRY NEWS, 11/8/20

 Students and instructors in the Viticulture and Enology program at Surry Community College have immersed themselves this fall semester by harvesting and making sparkling wine, an untraditional style for North Carolina. A few factors during the growing season contributed to this decision. Two late frosts in April stunted development of the grapes and set the entire vineyard roughly two weeks behind ripening compared to an average year.

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