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CityViewNC.com | 55 ing 500-gallon batches, so he quickly went to work learning from larger wine makers. "I realized I knew as much or more about Muscadine grapes as they did." Locklear said. When he relied on the processes used to make wine from other grape varietals, he lost pigment and gained an aertaste. "Homemade wine is all about a lit- tle of this, a little of that. It's harder to finesse on a larger scale, but I learned," Locklear said. He took what he needed from the processes used by larger vineyards, but adapted it. His winemaking style is equal parts chemistry and instinct. "It comes down to one thing. When it's good, it's good. And when It's bad, it's bad," Locklear said. Locklear wines can be purchased locally at Hardin's Grocery Store in Rockfish or Triangle Wine Company in Southern Pines. However, nothing beats their free on-site tastings or a full glass of their popular semi-sweet Noble wine during Wine Down Friday, held every other weekend in the vineyard. Lu Mil Vineyard Elizabethtown, NC In Bladen County, the Muscadine grape is not just a crop… it's an event. Lu Mil Vineyards is home to the NC Grape Festival in October, with food and cra vendors on site. e festival also encour- ages guests to roll up their pant legs in the annual grape stomp. "We have a whole collection of Luci- lle Ball glasses because people associate the stomp with the famous scene of her making wine," said Lu Mil Marketing Director, Karla Ward. With nine cabins, a guesthouse and several event locations scattered throughout the fiy-eight acres of grapes, there is always something hap- pening at Lu Mil, from corporate team building events and family reunions to smaller luncheons and showers. Pedal and golf carts encourage guests to get out and explore the land and the Pedal Party is a moving homage to the inge- nuity of the Taylor family. e eighteen- person bike is a party on wheels, and FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA MARKET FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA MARKET T H A N K Y O U , 2 0 1 5 C O R P O R A T E B E N E F A C T O R S ! Brown & Associates Investment Services • Cape Fear Valley Health • Kids First Pediatrics of Raeford & Fayetteville Fayetteville New Car Dealers Association Advised Fund June Aysse • BB&T • Breezewood Healthcare & Aesthetics • Cape Fear Discount Drugs • Cape Fear Staffing Anna C. Cole, LPC • Robin & Debbie Jenkins • Timothy D. Edwards, Attorney at Law • Dr. Wes & Lucy Jones Joyce & Howard Loughlin • Margaret R. 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