Highland Manor Winery

Great place to try local and imported (grapes from other places) but within the USA, I believe. Gertie, one of the owners, was a doll. There was an interesting array of wines from which to sample. We decided to purchase a case, for a 10% discount, and bought a cool wine rack that walk mounts! We luvit Butch, Gerties’ partner at the Winery, was cool and awesome. We spent some good money in the gift shop, too. Don’t miss this place. Must stop here if on the way to Rugby, TN

Probably our third visit to this winery… Took us about 45 mins but well worth the drive son in law loves dry and his favorite was cab franc… highland red … And Riesling… daughter hubby and I are sweet drinkers and muscadine is a must when visiting any Tennessee winery… but Cab Berry is awesome!

This is a location on the Upper Cumberland Wine Tour and was the second stop for us. After traveling several miles from Holly Ridge Winery in Livingston, TN to this location in Jamestown, TN on an extremely crooked back road, I had become quite ill due to car sickness (thanks in part to the driver who is drives dangerously fast). Anyway, I had an upset stomach when I entered the establishment and just wanted to walk around for a while until my stomach settled. We were the only visitors and there was only one employee. She was not very friendly (I suppose she thought I was going to vomit everywhere), and she never bothered to tell us about the location (which is supposedly the oldest winery in Tennessee). I did not taste any wines at this establishment, but understand several were pretty good. The gift shop area was cute, but I will not travel that distance again.

I visited Highland Manor Winery one gloomy Saturday morning with a group of 12 other ladies. There was only one employee there that day, but she handled it like a pro! She said that there are only 4 people employed there, so this is a small operation.
She took us on a tour of the winery, though she said that she usually doesn’t give tours. It was pretty obvious that she didn’t know too much about how the wine was made or what went on in the back, but she was friendly enough.
The tasting, of course, was the best part! She was incredibly patient while we tasted all of the wines that they have to offer. I picked out 3 to purchase: Highland Sunset, Royal Rose and Muscadine. They’re all sweet wines, which is all that I drink. There is supposedly a waiting list to get the Muscadine, however she was able to sell us each a bottle, if we wanted. Maybe the waiting list is something they say exists so that people will buy it or it will be more popular. Either way, it’s good wine, and I’m glad that I was able to purchase a bottle.
The prices are reasonable, and you can see the range on their website. I highly recommend visiting if you’re in the area, though it is a bit in the middle of nowhere for city folk like me.

Didn’t get a chance to visit the winery but will the next time we are back in Tennessee. I did however get a case of your White Muscadine wine shipped to me here in Maryland. I simply love it as Muscadine turned out to be my favorite! Only place I have found yet that ships Muscadine into Maryland and Delaware.