silkhope winery

We had a wonderful experience at SilkHope Winery on Valentine's Day. We tried all of the wines... I tried the whites, and my husband tried the reds. We each found some that we really liked. Lala was wonderful.. made the experience so much better. All of our questions were answered and the pours were generous. Definitely will come back with friends!

Favorite wine! Love the country and the charm that it cultures. Snobby, rudeness can stay in fuquay and cary...please. I plan to give my family Silk hope this year and enjoyed seeing them on unctv North Carolina Weekend. Thank you for your professionally made, wonderful wines! I prefer dry wines over the sickenly sweet ones usually found in the area. To see a real review, go to http://www.unctv.org/content/ncweekend and watch the 11/20/14 video about 15 minutes through, this place is covered. Interesting to know Wally spent 37 years in forestry; to those who can't respect southern for what it is, stop being so gd judgey b/c it goes both ways.... and pick up some faulkner books (with cliff notes). Thanks

If you are a snob looking for a fancy winery, this place is not for you. If you are looking to have a great time at a unique place, do not pass this place up. After traveling to all the "normal" wineries, I enjoyed this place the most. It is located in a small metal shed in the middle of nowhere. LaLa was worth the trip. She was very friendly and entertaining. There is a long dining table set up for wine tasters. Impossible not to meet people if you aren't the only ones there. Give this place a try!

I'm not sure how to leave an honest review without sounding like a snob, but this winery was notone that I will probably ever want to come back to. The poor rating is only for the appearance ofthe winery. I was actually almost afraid to get out of the car when I arrived. There is really noparking space and the buidling looks like a fiberglass hut and there is stuff laying around andthe inside is not appealing at all. There is stuff piled everwhere and it looks junky. The guy thatwas doing the tasting is the reason the rating is not terrible. He was very friendly and knowledgeable about the wines. I assume the older man there was the owner. They only offerdry wines here, so if you don't care for those, you might want to skip this winery. We have too many other good wineries in NC to go to.

As other reviewers have mentione this is an unassuming winery. The wines are very good nevertheless. The server, LaLa was very entertaining and the owner/winemaker Wally very friendly and knowledgeable. We tasted all their wines and thought they were much better than that of other bigger wineries we have visited in NC.

At first glance, this did not appear to be a winery. We almost did not get out of the vehicle. The grounds were unkept and the metal building rustic. The "poor" rating is for appearance, the wines were less than average, the staff was warm and inviting. Given the number of wineries in NC, I doubt that we will return.

SilkHope Winery does exceptional with Chambourcin and Cab Franc blends. This is not to say their other wines are not good, just that they have become our standard for good hearty red Chambourcin and Cab Franc.For our last Cab Franc tasting, we had to make a trip to SilkHope to include their Cab Franc in our tasting of other NC wines. I think for both my husband and I, SilkHope's Cab Franc and Grand Vista were 2 and 1 among a tasting from 4 other NC wineries.SilkHope is a simple NC farm with a simple winery and reminds us of many of the local farms we grew up around. We are fine without the bling of expensive wineries. We enjoyed the subdued enthusiasm of the owner for his wines.

The vineyard is beautiful and we did a full tasting of 14 wines. There was a great variety of wines and you, of course, keep your tasting glass. The table inside is set up so that everyone sits together which encourages people to talk and socialize with each other. Lala was our server and she was hilarious! Its a great stop on a tour of the local area wineries.

What is not to like, the wine tasting room feature excellent selections of local wines and fruit wines, sherries, and a surprise slushie that is Guy's ( the owner/manager) secret recipe. wonderful layout, a beautiful pond and wine's you wont find elsewhere.

We stopped in briefly and were awed by the incredible views from the vineyard. We haven't had a wine tasting yet, but look forward to going back this fall.

I bought a deal on LivingSocial for a full tasting and 2 bottles of wine as a Mother's day gift. My mother and I enjoy exploring new places and trying out local venues and had such a great day visiting SilkHope Winery. Upon arrival we noticed that there were not many visitors and wondered where we should enter for the tasting. We were pleasantly surprised when we entered the tasting room, however. We loved the sign outside of the barnlike venue that read "Open. Come on in. Just honk for wine, we may be in the Vineyard." It made us feel right at home. The gentleman that owns the Vineyard greeted us at the door with a big smile and invited us to sit as his tables. They were set up very nicely with tablecloths, beautiful flowers, pitchers of water and some snacks. We enjoyed tasting his wines(12 in all) and found them to be very delicious! He was very knowledgeable about his wines and made us feel right at home during the tasting. We had a wonderful day together and I would certainly recommend visiting the SilkHope Winery if you are in the area!

I bought a deal on LivingSocial for a full tasting and 2 bottles of wine since I like trying new wineries. When you pull up - it looks very unassuming (the tasting room is in a Quansset Hut - and I am not even sure I am spelling that right) and were it not for the signs, you might wonder if you had the directions right. Open the door and step inside and they have done something different for their tastings. Guests sit at a long table and are able to look across at each other and they come around to you and pour the wines (generous too I might add!) The winemaker (Wally) happened to be there that day and he was very comfortable answering questions we had - the gentleman leading the tasting was knowledgeable about the wines and had a sense of humorSome of the other folks had brought crackers and cheese along with them and even shared with us (not something I had seen done before but a trick we will add to pay if forward to others along the way)The website is not accurate - they have more than twice the amount of wines shown and there was not a single muscadine grape in the bunch ! Without a LivingSocial voucher - there is a nominal charge for the tastings ($5 for any five of the whites and/or $5 for any of the reds. The reserves are $1 each)All-in-All - SIlkHope was a really great find and we hope to visit them again soon.

What a fun place, and delicious wine to boot! If you are looking for an upscale winery to impress your friends- this is not the place for you. However, if you're looking for decent wine and good 'down to earth ' people and surroundings- then you have found a gem. We spent a wonderful Sunday afternoon with LaLa and Wally and will defiitely return for more.

Gosh, where do I begin? At first I was toying about even giving a review - after all, it's best to praise in public and scold in private. But I kept coming back to the memory of our brief visit there during May 2013 and I finally decided to say something.To begin with, we started making it a point of visiting as many wineries throughout NC as possible, beginning 5-6 years ago. As it stands right now, we've visited over 44 of the 117 current wineries located throughout this gorgeous state. I doubt if we'll ever catch up since an average of 5 new wineries come on line every 3 months or so.Having said that, visiting a winery involves several attitudes and senses: 1) The anticipation of what is come - both in sights, variety, and taste, and; 2) Once having arrived, absorbing the beauty of the locale, the scenery, the ambiance of the tasting room, etc, and; 3) The actual taste and variety of the wines on hand. All combine to make or break a visit to a specific winery.We had just finished visiting the Benjamin Vineyards in the Graham/Saxapahaw region (look for my excellent review of that locale on Trip Advisor) when we found out about Silk Hope Winery, located in Pittsboro, NC. So, since it was on the way home (we live south of Raleigh, NC), we made it a point to check out the place.Once we arrived at the Silk Hope Winery, we were greeted by a long, steep hill (felt more like a small mountain), so we proceeded along the gravel-lined hill road - wondering what gorgeous views we may encounter at the top. Now keep in mind that Silk Hope Winery boasts that it is situated on one of the highest points in the Pittsboro area, and that's true. But that's where any anticipation comes to a grinding halt.When we finally reached the top of the hill, we came across what looked like an old car or truck repair facility. The grounds were unkempt, the grass and weeds needed mowing and there was no attempt at even trying to make the place look good. But wait - we had initially assumed that this was just a utility area and that somehow, the actual wine-tasting building was further along. But we soon realized that this was it - that the Silk Hope Winery welcome and wine tasting building was in a pre-fab "military style looking" Marine Corps style quonset hut with no windows - no nothing. It was all very utilitarian and unkempt looking.OK we thought - what the heck, we're here, so we minus well check it out - although I must admit that I was ready to just turn around and head back down the hill on our trip home.It should be noted that so much of what we experience has to do with visuals - how a place looks, the views, the anticipated experiences - it all adds up. So when we entered this quonset style building (again, no windows), you just felt....well, utterly enclosed. Yes, they tried to decorate the inside, but there's nothing much you can do to a place like this.OK, there was a gentleman there - I believe he was the owner. He was dressed in old jeans and what appeared to be a semi-tank top gray shirt. Had he just been walking down the road, one would assume he was a "red neck." Sorry, there was no other way to say it. Since it was the end of the day, we weren't interested in doing a wine tasting of all of the wines, so we choose the option that allowed you just the ability to sampled 5 or 6 wines. The first wine we tried was the Traminette and all I can say is that to me it tasted like an assortment of hastily blended chemicals. I know that sounds mean to say - and perhaps our palettes were shot by the end of the day - who knows. All I know is that of all the wines tried none were pleasing to me - and again, it's subjective. My wife and her sister liked two of them (not loved, but liked) and wound up purchasing a few bottles of those. I finished the wine tasting portion in a hurry and wanted to leave, so I just stepped outside and waited.Now to be fair, our expectations for this place were high - perhaps that was the problem. But when you come across this location, you will be taken aback at the lack of anything there. Again (and see the photos I uploaded along with this review), you have to see images of what I'm talking about. It looks like a vehicle repair facility. There is nothing visually appealing about any of this - it was anti-climactic. And this location just begs the inclusion of a gorgeous little tasting facility with some views - not that this may matter to others. Wine purists may balk and retort that you should just focus on the wine - which we tried to do, but alas, their blends just weren't up to the task for us.So visit if you wish, but if you enjoy a wonderful traditional blend of sights, ambiance, scenery, and superb world class wines - you will be highly disappointed at this winery. But again, it's all subjective and the next person may very well like what they experience here. But in the end, these reviews are based on opinions and I've uploaded a wealth of superb reviews on various wineries throughout the Piedmont region.So, what would I recommend for this place - after all, I put some disparaging remarks in here? Well, considering that this winery has been here for 13 years, I'd suggest (finances willing of course) that a small, visually pleasing structure be constructed - perhaps one further down where folks can overlook the vines and look down into the valley. It doesn't have to be an elaborate structure - perhaps a smallish log cabin with a porch, and more appealing intimate tasting area. It would improve the entire process tremendously. And then I'd do a better effort of cleaning up the area, keeping the grass and weeds trimmed - it all makes a difference. Look at the photos that I've uploaded so you can see what I'm talking about.

My brother and I decided to visit some of the wineries on the "Heart of North Carolina Wine Country" list, and SilkHope was the second one we visited. I absolutely loved it. Wally, the owner and winemaker, is such a sweet man, and you can tell he takes pride in his wine. We asked him how he got started, and he said "Well, I like to drink wine." It shows. For $8, you can taste all 14 of the wines (7 reds and 7 whites) on his official tasting menu, plus a few others that he throws in as a bonus. As other reviewers have mentioned, the tasting room isn't fancy, but it's very homey, comfortable, and friendly. We chatted with other guests, and really enjoyed the experience. The wine is also very reasonably priced, and delicious. Would love to go back next time I'm visiting North Carolina.