trueblueridge.wordpress.com Tour the Yadkin Valley Wine Region and Mountain Road Wine Experience. We invite you tour and enjoy the sparking vineyards, wineries and festivals that beckon throughout Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and North Carolina’s Yadkin Valley. In 2003, the Yadkin Valley region was designated as an American Viticultural Area (AVA), the first in North Carolina. You’ll also find the Mountain Road Wine Experience, a wine trail that features wineries within minutes of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Featured in this video include Yadkin Valley Wine Region, Mountain Road Wine Experience, Swan Creek Wine Region, Foggy Ridge Cider, Raffaldini Vineyards and Winery, Laurel Gray Vineyard, and McRitchie Winery & Ciderworks.