Childress Vineyards

Childress Vineyards is a winery on farmland in Lexington, North Carolina, owned by NASCAR team owner Richard Childress. Childress’s dream grew from visits to wineries with friends when he first began racing in California. Winemaker Mark Friszolowski arrived in 2003, and Childress opened the winery’s doors in 2004.

The winery’s location places it at the gateway to the Yadkin Valley American Viticultural Area, North Carolina’s first federally designated region for grape growing. Its two vineyard sites, Richard’s Hampton Road Estate in Davidson County and Vineyard Crossing at the winery, comprise over 70 acres of vineyards with 15 varieties of European Vitis vinifera cultivars.