SALISBURY — Kristan Friel was determined to get the flavor just right. In the spring of 2018, Friel and her team at Sno Biz in Granite Quarry were attempting to re-create the wild cherry flavor of ...

Created in 1917 in Salisbury, North Carolina, Cheerwine owes its abundant popularity, in part, to a time of scarcity. Because of extensive wartime rationing, Carolina Beverage Company founder L.D.

Food writer Drew Jackson is joined by others on The News & Observer’s staff to sample and pass judgment on new (and sometimes classic) food and drinks. I’ve lived in North Carolina my entire life, and ...

Cheerwine, a cherry-flavored soda brewed in Salisbury for slightly more than a century, has become widely known as the "nectar of North Carolina." On May 17, the Rowan County city held its annual ...

woke up early the morning before the Cheerwine Festival. I started taking a trip down memory lane and realized it was seeing like a string of Cheerwine ads. Full disclosure: I was born in Dover, ...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A Dorman High School freshman is among 10 finalists whose artwork could appear on banners, branded materials and t-shirts at this year’s Cheerwine Festival in North ...

Four local students are among 10 finalists competing to have their design featured as the official 2025 Cheerwine Festival artwork. Voting is underway in the Cheerwine Festival T-shirt design contest, ...