Just outside of Shelbyville is Bedford County's only winery: Tri-Star Vineyards & Winery on Scales Road‚ seven miles north off U.S. 41A.

About 2‚000 guests – some from as far as Australia and South Africa – tour the five-acre winery each year and watch as grapes from 2‚200 vines are made into Tennessee wine ranging from dry to sweet and from white to deep reds.

The winery also makes fruit and berry wines‚ including blackberry‚ apple‚ strawberry‚ plum and cherry.

Tri-Star sells its products directly to its visitors at the winery.

“Any time someone wants to have a tour‚ we’ll do it. We enjoy our guests‚” says Elaine Casteel, who owns Tri-Star with her husband‚ Perry.