Tennessee Valley Winery

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Jan 30, 2010

Favorite Wine: Late Harvest Cynthiana Port

Norton Wine Review: Pretty “Great Smokies National Park” setting, but the poor struggling vineyard vines were the brunt of a hard life (birds, 70 inch rainfalls, yellow jackets galore, and terrible seasonal temperature extremes). According to this vineyard owner, strange Tennessee laws force wineries to buy local grapes which impacts their success/failure of wine production. Take TVW’s Appalachian Red which was comprised of Chambourcin, Norton, and the kitchen sink. Every grape imaginable was to be found in this wine to supposedly meet state wine production restriction. Poor vintners, it is obviously a hard, hard life in this state. TVW did try to produce something a bit unique with their ‘Late Harvest Cynthiana’. An unfortified 100% Norton Port which had been barreled oaked for five years and obtaining on its own almost 19% alcohol. An interesting variation for a port-of-sorts.

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Oct 02, 2009

Favorite Wine: American Riesling

Wine was pretty good but tasting in little plastic cups took a lot of the fun of tasting out of it.

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Aug 16, 2009

Wines okay... Need to give tastings in a glass not plastic cup and give enough to taste.

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Jul 25, 2009

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Aug 25, 2008

Favorite Wine: Country Red

Small winery but worth the stop. Very nice staff. Beatuful view.