2016 Made in the South Awards

Glassblower Colin O’Reilly crafts elemental barware as singular as the whiskey it’s designed to hold

With his world-class instruments, luthier John Montgomery carries on a centuries-old practice

A tasty by-product of the rice-polishing process becomes a best seller for a family of Mississippi farmers

Vintage botanical prints turn colorful made-to-measure skirts into wearable art

With Irish roots and North Carolina soul, Ollie Mulligan’s mellow single malt will warm your winter nights

A Tar Heel outdoorsman makes decoys the old way, preserving a proud water-fowling tradition