| Visitors of all ages will find the Gatlinburg cabin rentals | | | | home from the moment you drive up. They started |
| and beautiful wineries make for a fun and fascinating | | | | producing their 20 wines in 1981 and are eager to |
| trip. You get the perfect opportunity to experience | | | | show one and all around their operation. The tour is |
| the region's culture while tasting some of the best | | | | short and inspiring taking you through the process of |
| wine in the country and learning about how the wine | | | | wine making. Both the tour and wine tastings are |
| was made. Of the three wineries in the immediate | | | | free. This is a great location for beginners who are |
| area, there are three things you will notice they all | | | | not familiar with the world of wine tasting. |
| have in common - delicious wine, friendly faces, and a | | | | They offer a full line ranging from dry white to super |
| picturesque location. | | | | sweet dessert wines that seem to transport |
| The Apple Barn | | | | themselves into your tummy in an instant. The sweet |
| Part of the cider bar, candy factory, general store, | | | | wines are the varieties the Smoky Mountain Winery |
| restaurant, and creamery, is the Apple Barn Winery in | | | | is best known for. At the top of the list is the |
| an updated 1910 barn not far from the many | | | | blackberry. |
| Gatlinburg cabin rentals. The four thousand trees that | | | | Mountain Valley Winery |
| can be seen there now were planted in 1976. They | | | | This location is a bit more of a drive from Gatlinburg |
| produce a full range of wines with many of them | | | | cabin rentals, but if you can only include one winery |
| being an apple-fruit variety that begins with genuine | | | | on the list, this is it. The Pigeon Forge facility provides |
| apple cider. | | | | free entrance, tours, and tasting to give all a chance |
| After a short and delightful tour of the winery, you | | | | to see how their award-winning wines are produced. |
| have a chance to taste the products they have | | | | They offer 11 wines ranging from sweet dessert |
| available. Dry wines include a Merlot aged in American | | | | wines to dry Cascade White. The building and |
| oak, Vineyard White ideal for seafood and poultry | | | | grounds are one of the state's largest family-owned |
| dishes, and Apple, which is aged in French oak making | | | | operations fully committed to the art. They are close |
| it perfect for light tasting cheese or bread. The | | | | to the area's biggest attractions and have a gift shop |
| semi-sweet varieties include Apple-Raspberry, Apple | | | | with Tennessee farm cheeses that compliment the |
| Blush, and Orchard White. The Apple Barn offers four | | | | beverages perfectly. |
| choices of dessert wine -- Apple-Peach, | | | | These three wineries give visitors and locals an |
| Apple-Strawberry, Applewood White, and Muscadine. | | | | enjoyable look at the world of wine and its |
| Smoky Mountain Winery | | | | production. Close to Gatlinburg cabin rentals and other |
| Another winery to check out close to Gatlinburg | | | | area attractions, they are easy to fit into a vacation |
| cabin rentals, Smoky Mountain Winery is a small, | | | | schedule and are sure to leave a large mark on the |
| family-owned winery that makes you feel right at | | | | memories of your trip to the area. |