This summer, my family of eight adults and six children ranging from 13 years to 8 months spent a sun-drenched, pool- and beach-centric week in Nags Head, North Carolina, a place I’ve frequented since I was six years old. Since I’ve been married, we’ve spent quality family time in ocean front houses from Corolla and Duck to Kitty Hawk and Nags Head. Go-karting, fishing, playing board games, putting together puzzles, chasing sand crabs on the beach at dusk, finding that perfect shell and more fill up our days and nights with laughter and memories. Other activities? There’s always wine tasting! This year I found a gem hiding in plain sight in the Outer Banks (OBX). Welcome to Sanctuary Vineyards.
The tasting room most convenient to residents and tourists is located at The Cotton Gin in Nags Head, an eclectic shop of beach apparel, gifts, home décor and anything you want or need to remind you of OBX (like Sanctuary Vineyards wine). The complimentary tasting consists of five wines of your choice that include whites, rosés and reds with styles from dry to sweet. The vineyards and winery, however, are located at 7005 Caratoke Highway in Jarvisburg, NC, a small town on the peninsula leading to OBX from Virginia.
Photo Credit: Sanctuary Vineyards
Amidst the Sanctuary vineyards of Cabernet, Syrah, Tempranillo, Viognier, Norton and Muscadine are fields of corn, herons and seagulls that thrive in Currituck. Soil is mainly rich sand mixed with a bit of clay. The diverse weather is
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