LET IT BREATHE FireClay Cellars, the only
commercial vineyard in Chatham County, harvests every ripened cluster of grapes by hand in August and September. About 7 of its 17 acres produce several varieties of white and red grapes that are crushed and fermented for up to three years in the sleek, on-site production facility. Sue Mitran, a co-owner of the vineyard, hosts a weekly wine club in the tasting room, which overlooks the farm’s south-facing slope off of Bowers Store Road between Pittsboro and Siler City. Photo by John Michael Simpson CM
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CHATHAM MAGAZINE
SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2021