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North Carolina Wine TV Review:
The Sanders Ridge 2007 Big Woods Red is a bold wine. On the nose scents of cherry, red candy, earth, and mushroom. This is a very food friendly wine, with a finish that last 30 to 60 seconds. This is an ideal wine to pair with heavy food such as pasta and grilled meats. This medium bodied wine has flavors of red fruit, bacon fat, green vegetables, spice, black pepper and chocolate.
Rating: 
according to the North Carolina Wine Ratings Scale
Price: $16
Availability: Directly from the winery
About Sanders Ridge 2007 Big Woods Red (from the winery)
A Bordeaux blend of the Cabernets – Sauvignon and Franc, Merlot, and a dab of Syrah suggests rich black cherry with light licorice and pepper and a smooth velvety finish. A great food wine.
About Sanders Ridge Winery (from the winery):
In the late 90’s, after 40 straight tobacco crops along with corn, soybeans, cattle, and timber, it was becoming ever clearer to Neil that the conventional farming of his day would not offer his 2 sons and daughter and their families – the livelihood that it had afforded him. With the realization that he was going to probably be “it” (the last Shore to farm this special place), he started researching alternative cash crops and implementing a more forward thinking farm plan which he hopes will sustain the land and all of the natural resources it supports (including his children and grand children!) for years to come…
Between 1999 and 2001, he laid the groundwork and established the vineyard for the Sanders Ridge Vineyard and Winery. (View photo diary). In December 2005, he began producing USDA certified organic vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers at the Farm at Sanders Ridge and in June of 2009 he opened the Winery and The Big Woods Restaurant – in a rustic and towering post and beam structure built from lumber and stone he harvested right off the farm.
Neil’s goal has always been to make Sanders Ridge a place where folks can laugh, relax, and experience the farm and the special places within it. He and his family invite you to visit the Winery and The Big Woods Restaurant for a taste of a simpler time and place. And, if you are so inclined, to wander…
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Great show. Sounds like a great wine – European body with California flavors.
Today we try a Big Bold Red, with medium body. http://bit.ly/Pcz4m #ncwine
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