This was my first time at the Great Grapes Festival, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. We arrived a little early in hopes of checking in and scoring a good place to set up our chairs and table. Once we got our tickets we were told to go ahead and enter the festival, as we started to walk to the gate we were accosted by a very hostile man who screamed at us to get back and that it wasn't time yet to go in. Very RUDE!!! Finally we were let in and we were able to find a semi shady spot which was key since the day turned out pretty hot. We've been to a lot of different wineries around NC, so we were disappointed to see that the winery turn out was not that impressive. Yadkin Valley has some of the better dry wines in NC and I was sad to not see many wineries from that region. If you like sweet wines, then there were many to choose from, however if you prefer dry wines like we do, then you're SOL. Overall, it was a pleasant day and we did find one wine that we enjoyed so we purchased a coupl of bottles and enjoyed our picnic. I can't say that I will be coming back next year.