LEXINGTON — NASCAR team owner and vineyard owner Richard Childress threw a party nonetheless with local and state government officials, area winery owners and other guests to celebrate the grand ...

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Richard Childress (right), owner of Richard Childress Racing talks to driver Kevin Harvick. Childress also owns a winery in Lexington that is expanding. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) ...

His latest venture, Childress Vineyards, is a 35,000-square-foot facility on 65 picturesque acres in Lexington, North Carolina, near Childress racing headquarters in the city of Welcome.

NASCAR team owner Richard Childress and a business partner have announced plans to develop 70 acres for a winery, vineyard and hotel in Davidson County.

In 2004, when Childress Vineyards opened, North Carolina had only 25 registered wineries. Today, there are nearly four times that many in the state, and Childress modestly takes some credit for that.

Richard Childress is best known for developing world-renowned race teams, but his name has now become known in a different industry where his demand for perfection has led to a successful winery that ...

Childress wine production takes place in a 35,000-squarefoot Italian Renaissance-style winery, which has a tasting room that rivals many of California's finest. It's about 5 miles from his RCR shop.

Sometimes, they select a North Carolina vineyard, as was the case Monday night. Childress Vineyards, located in Lexington, NC, is owned by NASCAR racing mogul Richard Childress.

Richard Childress, in addition to being a tough ol' coot, is also a man of refined tastes, refined enough that he's got his own vineyards. He's rolled out a new wine entitled "3," after, of course ...

WELCOME -- Richard Childress has bought a majority interest in The Shoppes at Vineyard Crossing and the land on which it sits from Vineyard Ventures LLC, an investment group in Greensboro. The ...