Surry County

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Zach, it's not a word that you hear in Surry County.

What does it mean, the name of your company, and how did you and Sarah end up with 100,000 hours? You guys clocked all that? kept up with

it? So we have.

If it was your mother, the siblings would need to get together and file an estate.

Most important part is you want the estate to be opened in the county of the property.

If the property is being sold in Surry County, it needs to be open in Surry County.

It does not count if it's over in Wake.

So my husband grew up on a.

Beautiful Christian family and all the best ways in Surry County grew up on farmland from farmers, just the most down to earth, North Carolina farmers loving Jesus family you've ever seen.

And I love my in-laws.

And I mean, it takes a, they love Jesus and they love church.

We have Karen at home, and Karen is getting ready to head out.

She says she's leaving to go see her therapist, then taking an overnight trip to Surry County.

Baby, when I tell you...

Karen and Ray are on life support.

She's like,

hello, I'm coming to Surry County.

I'll see you very, very soon.

I'm like, why do we need, first of all, why do we need her this scene? And why is it shot so close up on her face?

No, she has a farm.

Up in Surry County.

It used to be a plantation.

I think

They can come here and learn those old traditions and the old songs.

And also where we are, we're big on the history of this type of music because look who's from Surry County.

Tommy Gerald.

Yeah.

He's actually a really good teacher.

She is an assistant teacher at JM.

We're getting ready to do the Surry County Old Time Camp at a community college, and she will be helping teach there.

Yeah, I think that was a hard question, though.

So she said that we're going to get to know more about her life, her upbringing, her trials and tribulations, and it is coming out at the top of 2027.

We also find out that she's still doing work in Surry County.

We know that she is, what was she? They appointed her as the mayor of Surry County where she grew up, but she says that she's renovating a guest house.

So she's gonna have a nice guest.

So she bought her family's farm and she's renovating it so it can be like a bed and breakfast guest house for the residents of Surry.

Karen's going to be doing her press tour for the book, all of that.

Honey, you said get your 10%? Oh, she's the ambassador.

Yes, the ambassador of Surry County.

Welcome to Cork Talk.

This is another best of Cork Talk episode featuring David Bower and Sarah Bowman of the Shelton Badgett NC Center for Viticulture and Enology at Surry Community College.

Our original conversation with David was recorded several years ago, making this a great opportunity to catch up on how the program has evolved and what's ahead for the North Carolina wine industry.

Stay tuned for a follow-up conversation at the end of this episode where David discusses new wines and styles coming out of the program, including a new rosé, an expanding lineup of sparkling wines, and student-led projects released under the Surry Labs label.

Sarah also joins the discussion to share new developments in the vineyard, including expanded research into muscadines and other sustainable grape varieties, along with innovations in vineyard management practices.

We wrap up with a few quick words about the upcoming Southeastern Grape and Wine Symposium, and curriculum changes that are helping prepare the next generation of growers and winemakers.

You can learn more about the council by going to their website, ncwine.org.

So sit back, pour a glass, and listen.

Uh, the multi-state manhunt for a piece of, uh, human garbage who ambushed two Virginia deputies is finally over, thanks to a massive $60,000 bom- bounty and a random deer camera that caught him looking like a lost hiker.

Uh, the manhunt for the man who allegedly shot two Carroll County, Virginia sheriff's deputies, one fatally, ended Sunday when suspect, uh, Michael Puckett, 55, was apprehended in, uh, Surry County, North Carolina.

The arrest came after a $60,000 combined reward had been posted by the FBI and the US Marshals Service.

Uh, man, we still don't have you on camera too well.