Haze Gray Vineyards — Attraction in Jonesville

My sister and I make it a habit several times each year to visit many of the every growing wineries open across NC and each year we hit a bunch but never get to them all!! Recently we had the opportunity to visit a new one on our list called Haze Gray. While the tasting room just opened over the holiday's the owners have been growing their own grapes on over nine acres of their 85 acre farm for several years now. The vineyard, winery and tasting room are located adjacent to one another in Dobson, NC - for us an easy hour and twenty minute drive from Charlotte up I-77. There are also a number of other wineries in the area making up the Surry County Wine Trail (noteworthy is Stony Knoll another great winery is only 1/4 mile from Haze Gray). If coming from a distance like we did this is a real plus. They also have a cottage/log cabin you can rent on airbnb located right in the vineyard! Located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the owners picked a beautiful location for this winery!

Now onto the wine! Just opening, Haze Gray has five wines, three reds (Merlot, Chambourcin and a blend) as well as two whites (Chardonnay and Traminette). A tasting includes all five and I can say I liked all of them! Noteworthy, Haze Gray doesn't currently offer what I would call sweet NC wines (Muscadine and/or other fruit based). But if you have a sweet tooth they do offer wine slushies on the weekends and we got to try a sample - very good! They also have some cracker, cheese, etc type food offerings for sale if your hungry! I was impressed that they are strictly using their own grapes too versus buying - that means a lot to me given the many wineries buying grapes. My favorites were the Chambourcin and the Traminette. My sister's favorite was the blend and the Traminette. We both bought bottles of each. The tasting room was beautiful and spacious BTW!

The owners Deane and Becky are very personable and friendly - they moved to NC several years ago specifically with the dream to open a winery! Becky provided so much background and family history during our tasting and Deane gave us a great tour of the winery. Both are from military families with Deane being a Navy veteran. This military theme can be seen and felt across their choices of colors and interior design. In fact Haze Gray gets it's name from the specific color US naval ships are painted (even the green accent color used on the interior of the winery is the color used on the interior of these ships (see pics). Interestingly Haze Gray is also a certified "Home Grown by Heroes" vineyard indicating products produced by US military veterans - very cool.

We plan to come back in the spring when the weather is warmer, everything is blooming and and they have their outside deck furniture setup. I highly recommend you check out Haze Gray on your next visit to Dobson and...

First off, great wine. But more than great wine, great people. Becky spent time with us going through all the different wines, how they were grown, how they taste and then even showed us how the same wine can taste different across 3 different glasses.

This winery also appreciates, loves, and celebrates the military, in a very authentic way. They encourage their customers to bring in pictures of their military family members and add them to their brag wall..

Then, and this was the part that made me love this place the most, is that Becky learned we rescued a kitten from our hotel then she offered to help us make a litter pan, offered some dish soap so we could bath the kitten. She completely was on board with helping this kitten vs the advice we received earlier of dropping it at a...

Great, picturesque little vineyard in the midst of a beautiful, winding labyrinth of country roads.

I came here to pick some Chambourcin grapes and try the wine. I tried three whites and two reds, including the Chambourcin, and was blown away by the Traminette, the barrel-aged Chardonnay, and the Petit Verdot. The latter is a less-known grape despite being one of the original Bordeaux grapes, and it was a tannin bomb with loads of oaky goodness and a dark, inky, full body.

The service was extremely personable— I always love when I can actually take the time to chat with the wine servers, who were very knowledgeable about all the wines.

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