North Carolina's Backyard Winery Goes All In
· Winston Salem · Winery Restaurant / American · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · August 19, 2026
RagingWine reviewed End Posts Restaurant at JOLO Winery & Vineyards’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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Walk into End Posts and the wine list answers itself immediately — every single pour is JOLO, grown and made right here on the property. That's either a charming commitment to place or a limitation depending on your mood, but there's something refreshing about a list that knows exactly what it is and doesn't apologize for it.
Seventeen wines, all JOLO, covering sparkling, rosé, white, red, and a couple of outliers that raise an eyebrow in the best way — a house Sweet Vermouth and a Sangria that actually belong on a winery list. The reds range from the approachable Crimson Creek at $49 up to the flagship Pilot Fog at $99, with the Jolotage lineup acting as the workhorse middle tier. Regional variety is obviously zero, but varietal and style range within JOLO's own portfolio is wider than you'd expect from a single estate.
All 17 bottles are available by the glass, which is the right call for a winery tasting-room-style experience — it lets you work through the lineup without committing to a full bottle of something unfamiliar. Glass pricing runs $10–$25, which keeps experimentation low-stakes and the afternoon moving.
JOLO Winery and Vineyards Golden Hallows White Wine — $28
At the low end of the bottle list, this is your entry point to JOLO's white program without spending real money. It's the kind of wine you order to get your bearings on the estate's style before committing upward.
JOLO Winery and Vineyards Sweet Vermouth
A house-made vermouth on a winery list in North Carolina is genuinely unexpected. Most people will scroll past it looking for a Cab or a rosé, but if you're curious about what JOLO can do beyond table wine, this is the most interesting pour on the menu.
JOLO Winery and Vineyards Pilot Fog
At $99, this is the top of the list — and while it may be their best bottle, there's no outside reference point to benchmark value against when every wine here is from the same producer. Save the splurge for when you've already tried the mid-tier options and know you're a JOLO convert.
JOLO Winery and Vineyards Jolotage Reserve + A wood-fired or grilled red meat entrée
The Jolotage Reserve at $57 is the most serious red JOLO puts out at a price that still makes sense, and it's built for exactly the kind of hearty American cooking a winery restaurant kitchen should be turning out.
The Bottom Line
End Posts is a single-producer list by design, and if you're good with that — and in the mood to dig into what one North Carolina winery can actually do — it delivers a genuinely fun afternoon. Don't come expecting a broad cellar; do come expecting to leave with a new favorite local label.
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