Stone Ashe Vineyard

With a shared vision in 2010, Craig and Tina Little started to imagine an estate vineyard similar to those of the great growing regions of France. So began their story to pursue a second lifelong passion: grape growing and winemaking. After successful primary careers in dentistry, they turned their attention to finding the correct vineyard site, which they found in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Hendersonville. The vineyard has become a family affair, and many of their family members now work there, as they strive for innovation and devotion. In the second half of 2024, their exciting journey takes the next step closer to their dream, as they open and begin pressing their own wine on-site in their brand new, state-of-the-art, on-site winemaking facility, using only their estate-grown grapes.

Stone Ashe Vineyard offers a taste of Bordeaux in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The state-of-the-art tasting room rests on a mountain bluff at 2,700 feet in elevation, surrounding by vineyards planted with vines cloned from Bordeaux. Stone Ashe chose the terroir of Hendersonville’s Crest of the Blue Ridge American Viticultural Area to produce wines for the world stage using classic grape varietals such as Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Riesling.