Wine & Words

 We get a lot of people in the stores who ask for “local wine.” I explain that the only really local wine, meaning made from grapes grown here in Eastern North Carolina, is from the native Muscadine grape and that it’s very sweet and has a taste unlike any kind of wine you’ve ever had…unless you grew up down here, in which case it reminds you of the fat grapes your granddaddy grew on a trellis in the back yard. Then I try to move them on to “real” wine that is made in North Carolina’s Yadkin Valley.
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Saturday evening is the Belhaven Christmas parade, beginning at 5:30. You can park at Wine & Words/The Back Bay Cafe and walk a block to see the parade and hear the special music. Then come on back to warm up and have a lovely dinner. Some folks have already reserved tables, so call us soon and let us know you're coming.

Sometimes I wondered how this happened. I mean, Yvonne and I moved down here in January of 2001 to live the retirement life. I had sold a business in Raleigh and was looking forward to life on the water - building small boats, working in the garden, sharing our little piece of paradise with our friends. We figured we had it made. Then 9/11 happened. Everyone's world changed. Our comfortable retirement nest egg started to shrink. We thought and talked a lot about what to do next.
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