Best Wineries Near Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina — updated August 21, 2026
Charlotte's winery scene is really a driving list: tasting rooms in Lexington, Midland, Salisbury and Concord, ranked by how settled their ratings are.
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Wine around Charlotte means leaving the city limits. The tasting rooms below sit in Lexington, Midland, Salisbury and Concord, and they range from a large production winery with a full bistro to a farm that sells produce alongside its bottles. Ratings vary in how well-tested they are, so the order below weighs review volume as heavily as the score itself.
1. Childress Vineyards
The only winery on this list with a rating tested at real scale: 4.9 across 5,817 reviews, which is about as settled as a score gets. The Lexington property is owned by NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, and its own site leans on the Napa comparison. The tasting room and gift shop run daily from 10am to 5pm. There is a bistro on site, serving lunch Monday through Friday from 11am to 3pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm, with dinner service on select Friday evenings from 5pm to 9pm. Check the events calendar before driving out, since dinners and wine club nights are scheduled rather than standing.
2. Rocky River Vineyards
A 4.7 from 292 reviews puts this Midland vineyard second, with enough volume behind it to trust. Reviewers single out the tasting flight and the wine slushies, and there are snack options rather than a full kitchen at the vineyard itself. One caution: listings disagree. A Yelp page shows Monday closed with daytime hours the rest of the week and carries a closure report, while the affiliated wine bar site posts much later hours, Monday through Wednesday 11am to 10pm, Thursday to 11pm, Friday and Saturday to midnight, Sunday to 10pm, with the kitchen closing an hour before. Call before you go.
3. Cauble Creek Vineyard
Cauble Creek holds a 4.8 from 82 reviews, a promising figure rather than a proven one, but the reviews are consistent about what the Salisbury farm does well. Beyond the glass, it stocks muscadine barbecue sauce, jams and candied jalapenos, plus a few cheese and snack choices to go with a tasting. The schedule is tight: Thursday through Saturday 11am to 6pm and Sunday 1pm to 6pm, closed Monday through Wednesday. That makes it a weekend stop by default, and worth building a Salisbury afternoon around rather than squeezing in.
4. Grape & Glass Wine Tasting Room
A tasting room rather than a working vineyard, sitting in Concord Commons off Concord Commons Place SW. The 4.8 rating comes from 64 reviews, so treat it as early evidence, not a verdict. The programming is what distinguishes it: recent posts have advertised $5 wines on Fridays, a food-and-wine night on Saturdays and a Sunday tailgate session, so weekends carry the schedule. Confirm current hours by phone, since the online listings are incomplete. Good option if you want a flight without the drive out to a farm property.
5. Dover Vineyards
Dover describes itself as a vineyard and un-certified organic farm in Concord, and the farm side is a real part of the visit: seasonal local produce, a CSA program and ticketed food events, including a Tuesday 5pm to 7pm pasta night. The rating is 4.6 from 67 reviews, the thinnest and lowest combination here, so expectations should be set accordingly. Posted spring hours ran Monday through Friday 11am to 6pm, Saturday 1pm to 7pm and Sunday 1pm to 5pm, but those are seasonal and events sell tickets in advance, so check before heading over.
What we left off
Corkbuzz Restaurant & Wine Bar in Ashley Park is not included: it is a restaurant and wine bar rather than a winery, and its Yelp listing carries a report that the location has closed. Emmy Lou's in Dilworth is a wine bar with a single review behind its 5.0, which is not enough to rank and not a winery in any case. The Vineyards on Lake Wylie was dropped because it is a residential community near Uptown Charlotte, not a place to taste wine.