Wineries & Vineyards

The Duplin/I-40 Wine Trail – Coast Region

Three Wineries, Distance Of 51.5 Miles – With three wineries just minutes from the Interstate 40 corridor, this wine trail is perfect for the muscadine lover headed to or from the Wilmington area. This trail features the largest winery in the South, the Duplin Winery, which makes dozens of wines from muscadine grapes and features a restaurant and dinner theater on the property. The Bannerman Winery uses grapes only from its own vineyard, one of the oldest in the state, and the Lumina Winery in Wilmington produces several exotic-sounding wines such as Blueberry Pinot Noir and Peach-Apricot Chardonnay, as well as being a major source of homebrewing supplies for the Wilmington area.

Duplin Winery
505 North Sycamore Street
Rose Hill, NC 28458
800-774-9634
Amenities: Tasting room, gift shop, restaurant, and dinner theater.
Wines: Hatteras Red, Carlos, Magnolia, many other muscadine and scuppernong varieties, American Port, Champagne, Vintner’s Almondage, Raspberry Champagne, various other seasonal and specialty wines.

Bannerman Vineyard & Winery
2624 Stag Park Road
Burgaw, NC 28425
910-259-5474
Amenities: Tasting room, gift shop.
Wines: White Oak Sweet & Semi-Sweet, Red Oak Sweet & Semi-Sweet, Sweet Bay Blush, Marilyn, Weeping Willow, Airlie White Oak, Airlie Red Oak, Blueberry Wine, Strawberry Wine.

Lumina Winery
6620-H Gordon Road
Wilmington, NC 28411
910-793-5299
Amenities: Tasting room, gift shop.
Wines: Sweet Carlos, Muscadine Noble, Old Vine Red Zinfandel, Oleander Rossa, Blueberry Pinot Noir, Airlie Bianca Pinot Grigio, Peach-Apricot Chardonnay, and several other varietal and muscadine wines.

Directions:

1. From I-40: Take Exit 380 (East Charity Road) and head west toward Rose Hill. Turn right onto North Sycamore Street. The Duplin Winery will be on your left a half mile up the road.
2. Return to I-40 East. Go 18.4 miles to Exit 398 (State Hwy 53), head toward Jacksonville/Burgaw. Turn left at Stag Park Road, and the Bannerman Vineyard and Winery will be 2.4 miles up the road on your right.
3. Return to I-40 East toward Wilmington. Go 21.7 miles to exit 420 (Gordon Road). Turn right onto Gordon Road, and the Lumina Winery will be 2.3 miles away on your right.

Winery hours vary seasonally. Please call ahead to be sure the vineyards you want to visit will be open when you arrive. Please drink responsibly. Designate a driver.  

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added: January 2, 2009

updated: February 1, 2010