The Rock of Ages Winery and The Winery at Iron Gate Farm

The Rock of Ages winery was not easy to find. It's located in Hurdle Mills, NC, which is outside of Roxboro. This is what I call REAL North Carolina. There are farms everyway: robacco, corn, and a lot of dairy farms. Very beautiful and peaceful. We got turned around about 3 or 4 times, but it was worth it. The Rock of Ages Winery is the most beautiful winery in NC we've seen so far. The arcitecture of the building was amazing and the inside was decorated in beautiful marble with copper ceilings. Maybe Jim and could have our wedding reception here? ;) We were greeted by the quintessential sassy southern woman who gave us a short tour and tasting. We tasted 7 wines and we even tasted the owner's special BBQ sauce. We bought a bottle of the Cork and Pork wine as well as a bottle of the Chardonnay. I was secretly hoping that Rock of Ages winery got it's name from the Def Leapoard song, but it was actually named after a Baptist Hymn. I guess this shouldn't surprise me, as they do make communion wine for several local Baptist churches.

Our Sassy Southern wine lady informed us that we were a mere 15 minutes away from The Winery at Iron Gate Farm. This winery was a little smaller,but very beautiful as well. It's an old wooden structure with outside seating for events. They were having a Blues band coming that evening. There is also a large indoor seating area where they host muder mystery dinners in the winter. We tasted 9 wines. Our favorites were their merlot and their Flue Fire muscadine wine, we bought a bottle of each. The name "Iron Gate" is very fitting as they have an electric fence surrounding their grapevines. Definitely the most SECURE winery we've seen. ;)