09/08/2024
Having fun at the Historic Morganton Festival!
Waldensian Style Wine
Waldensian Style Wine
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"Wine is sunlight, held together by water." - Galileo Galilei Our Three Main Grapes:
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Medium-sized fruit, skin black. Quality good. Sugar content 18%. Hardy.
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Waldensian Style Wines is a family owned and run winery and our name stems from the wine making tradition of the Waldensian people of Valdese, NC. The Zimmerman family is the 3rd generation of owners. The winery was originally started in Icard, NC by the Bernard family in 1935. The business later changed hands and was run and operated by the Weaver family and was found in many local shops, the furniture market in Hickory, NC and of course their delightful restaurant Catherine's Cheese House. In the early 2000’s the Zimmerman family took over the business and has focused on continuing the long tradition of wines curtailed to the palette of the local community. Our wines are only available through a few select retail locations in the Burke County area and at the many wine festivals we attend each year. While we offer wines ranging from dry to sweet, most of our loyal patrons favor our sweeter varieties of wines. This has driven our focus to be on sweet fruit wines and a unique green tea based drink mixer we call Brenda’s Bellini. Brief History on the Waldenses People of Valdese, NC: In May of 1893, a group of Waldenses, from the Cottian Alps of Northern Italy, settled on land located near the Catawba River in eastern Burke County of North Carolina, between the towns of Morganton and Hickory. The center of this community became the town of Valdese. The Waldenses were pre-Reformation Christians with a religious ancestry that dates back to at least the 12th century. For centuries these Waldenses were persecuted by armies from both the governments of Italy and France and the official church. This tiny religious sect was forced to take refuge in the Valleys of the Cottian Alps of Northern Italy and remained secluded in the rugged mountains until they received their religious freedom by the Edict of 1848. With this new peace their numbers grew rapidly until their Alpine farms could no longer support them. They looked elsewhere and began establishing colonies in other parts of Europe, South America, and the United States. They migrated to New York City, Chicago, Missouri, Texas and Utah, as well as Valdese. The Valdese colony became the largest Waldensian colony in the world located outside of Italy. In the beginning, the Valdese settlers tried to make their living off the land as they had in Italy, but the poor soil would not produce. They turned instead to manufacturing, and with the same spirit of survival and determination of their ancestors, began to prosper. Today, the history of the Waldensian style wines remains alive through the Waldensian Heritage Winery and Waldensian Style Wines
