Swan Creek, North Carolina
The AVA includes about in Iredell, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. The designation, the second in North Carolina, took effect May 27, 2008. There are five vineyards located within the Swan Creek AVA: Raffaldini Vineyards in Ronda, and Windsor Run Cellars, Shadow Springs Vineyard, Dobbins Creek Vineyards, and Laurel Gray Vineyards in Hamptonville. Swan Creek is named for the wild geese, erroneously called swans, that were spotted resting in a nearby stream. Quaker pioneers first settled in the area before 1797.