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"Wine.The intellectual part of the meal." - Alexandre Dumas
"If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul." - Clifton Fadiman
"Wine is the most civilized thing in the world." - Ernest Hemingway
Georgia Wine Highway Map
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Discover the award winning wineries of the North Georgia Mountains, savor the goodness of the wines, and take a driving tour of Georgia's Wine Country. While in the North Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains, you can take scenic drive to see all the beauty of the Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains while on Georgia Wine Country tour. Pack a picnic lunch for your wine tour and be sure to picnic on the grounds of one of the Blue Ridge wineries enjoying the sweeping views and Blue Ridge beauty of the vineyards, Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains and a glass of an award winning wine. If you are staying at River Glorious, then bring your wine back to the cabin and store in the built in wine cooler at the rental cabin.
Georgia Wine Country, located in Georgia Gold Country around Dahlonega, may bring up ideas of people panning and mining for gold. However, with a successful growing winery community, Georgia Gold Country wines are now becoming the center of attention.
Dahlonega is the heart of Georgia’s Wine Country. The local Dahlonega wineries and surrounding wineries are a short drive from Ellijay. On your way, make a stop at Ellijay apple orchards, Amicalola Falls and Burt's Pumpkin Farm.
So get in your car, explore the charm and beauty of North Georgia Mountains countryside and tour the Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains countryside of Gold Country which is rich with gold and becoming richer with wine.
Winemaking and vineyards in Georgia dates back to the 1800s when Georgia once was a major grape growing state until strict prohibition laws in 1907 practically destroyed the wine industry in the state of Georgia. By the early 1900s, Georgia was the 6th largest states growing grapes and producing wine. More Georgia wine history.
With steep, well-drained foothills, North Georgia's landscape, soil, temperate climate and elevation are conducive to growing winemaking grapes. Because of the soils in North Georgia, Georgia vineyards are undergoing an exciting rebirth,and are producing wines of excellent and award winning quality. You are invited to experience the flavors and the spectacular countryside of the North Georgia vineyards and enjoy the fine quality of the Georgia Blue Ridge wines as North Georgia is now growing into a respected wine growing area.
The tasting rooms are friendly and unpretentious, and the tasting room staff is knowlegeable and friendly and the surrounding grounds and views are great ways to spend afternoons in the vineyards.
Wine enthusiasts are discovering the fine quality and flavors of Georgia wines. Discover the vineyards and experience the flavor of some of the Blue Ridge Mountains excellent vintages in this wine region while enjoying the hospitality of the North Georgia Mountains. Award winning wines are being produced in the North Georgia Mountains.
Annual Georgia Wine Country Festival at Three Sisters Vineyards in Dahlonega
Have fun and celebrate the goodness of Georgia wines with wine tastings from Georgia wineries, assorted live music including bluegrass pickin', classical music and jazz), gourmet food, art, crafts, farm exhibits, live demonstrations, hot air balloon rides, a petting zoo and children's fun activities, wagon rides and lots of family activities!
Experience scenic vistas of vineyards in the beauty of the North Georgia Mountains.
"Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages." - Louis Pasteur
"What though youth gave love and roses, age still leaves us friends and wine." -Thomas Moore
New Tasting Room in Downtown Ellijay: Frogtown Cellars @ Corks & Crumbs
You now can taste and buy wines at Corks & Crumbs in Ellijay, GA.
5 Southside Square, Ellijay, GA 30540
706.698.9463
| Wineries and Vineyards Making good wine is a skill. Fine wine is an art. --Robert Mondavi, Harvests of Joy
5452 Town Creek Road
Dahlonega, GA 30533
706-219-2789
The first of the current wineries located in Dahlonega. Family friendly with farm pets for the children. Enjoy the beauty of the grounds and rolling vistas along with wines made with estate grown grapes.
Blackstock Vineyards is open year round. Call ahead for hours.
2592 Old Highway 441
Tiger, GA 30576
706-782-9256
Our vineyard is small, the vines individually tended and the grapes hand-picked for quality. Our red wines are barrel-aged 12 to 24 months.
Visit the vineyards and enjoy barrel-room tastings!
Winery hours:
December - April
Friday - 1 to 5 PM
Saturday - 11 AM to 5 PM
May - November
Tuesday - Friday 1 - 5 PM
Saturday - 11 AM - 6 PM
7025 S. Main St. P.O.Box 808
Helen, GA 30345
770-983-1973 706-878-9463
Produces award winning Georgia wines and is one of Georgia's oldest and largest wineries. Located one half mile south of Alpine Helen in Nacoochee Village, the Blue Ridge winery is open daily for complimentary tastings and self guided tours. In addition to a large selection of Georgia grown and produced wines, the tasting room also features a gift shop with gourmet foods and wine specialty gift items.
Habersham Winery also has a tasting room in Dahlonega.
 3300 Damascus Church Road
Dahlonega, GA 30533
706-865-0687
Frogtown is a 57 acre wine estate located halfway between Dahlonega and Cleveland Georgia. Frogtown encompasses 32 acres of vineyards and a tri-level gravity flow winery specifically designed to produce the unique wines made from Frogtown grapes.
In 1998, native Atlantans Craig and Cydney Kritzer founded Frogtown in a location carefully selected for quality wine grape production and outstanding mountain views, the Frogtown District of Lumpkin County, Georgia. After researching Frogtowns soil, diverse climates and terrain, Craig divided the land up into separate vineyards. He planted different wine grape varieties based on the characteristics of each vineyard site. Frogtown is now home to 32 acres of vineyards planted to 15 different wine grapes varieties, both red and white.
Frogtown produces wines under the 'Frogtown' label and the 'Thirteenth Colony' label.
Frogtown Winery invites you to come and relax on their deck with a glass of wine and enjoy the views overlooking their vineyards, the lake and the North Georgia Mountains.
Tasting Room Hours of Operation:
Friday from 12 to 5pm, Saturday from 12 to 6pm,and Sunday from 12:30 to 5pm
Currently 13 wines available for tasting.
Frogtown Bistro is open for lunch 12–4 p.m. every Sat. Winemaker brunches every Sun., 12:30–2:30 p.m.; 3 courses with wine pairings.
Sunday Winetaster's Brunch Hours of Operation:
Winetaster Brunches are served on Sunday from 12:30 to 2:30pm.
You will be served 3 courses with wine pairings and handmade desserts for only $30 + tax and gratuity. Check the calendar. Reservation required.
Young Harris, GA 30582
706-379-1236
Crane Creek has a tasting room where you can sample wines produced with their Georgia grown grapes. At traffic light in Young Harris, GA go north on GA66 3.3 miles then left on Crane Creek Road .7 mile. Phone number: 706-379-1236
Tasting Room Hours:
January - March Tuesday - Saturday
12:00 - 5:00 P.M. Open other days by appointment only
April - December
1:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.. Also open Memorial Day,
and Labor Day Mondays. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day
180 Wolf Mountain Trail
Dahlonega, GA 30533
706-867-9862
An award winning North Georgia winery. Wine tastings are offered: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00-5:00pm. Sundays tastings are offered from 12:30-5:00pm. Educational Winemaker Tours are held on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 and 3:30pm.
$10.00 per person includes a sampling of our estate wines and a souvenir tasting glass.
$15.00 per person includes the Educational Winemakers Tour and Tasting with a souvenir Cellar Master glass.
Highest quality in locally-produced wines for your enjoyment. Their wines are produced from 100% Georgia grown grapes, handpicked at the 1,800 foot elevation of the Dahlonega Plateau.
Tasting Room is located on the Square in Dahlonega
Open Year Round
Thur 12-5pm
Fri & Sat 12-8pm
Sunday 12:30-5pm
 I-75 Exit 350 Battlefield Parkway
Ringgold, GA 30736
706-937-2177
Split Rail Vineyard
745 West Ave.
Cartersville, GA 30120
Phone: 770- 382-3830
439 Vineyard Way
Dahlonega, GA 30533
706-865-9463
Three Sisters Vineyards & Winery ,Georgia's first family owned and operated winery, is located in the middle of Georgia Wine Country. Winery tours and tastings of their three brands-Three Sisters Vineyards, Chestatee and Walasiyi Wine Company are offered. The winery is situated on 184 acres of beautiful North Georgia mountain property-located in Frogtown- between Dahlonega and Cleveland/Helen,GA. Three Sisters is open for public tastings February to Christmas...Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm and open Sundays from 1:00 pm to 5:00pm. Call 706-865-WINE for more information. Don't miss the special Vintner's Tasting and Georgia Wine Country Tasting on Saturdays and Sundays. All their wines are handcrafted with Georgia gorwn grapes combining traditions from the old world with modern technology.
303 Laurel Ridge Road
Cleveland, GA 30528
706-219-4213
This old world charm family operated winery is situated on Mt. Yonah, located 5.5 miles south of the quaint Bavarian village of Helen in North Georgia. Serenity Cellars vision is to craft wines using old world artisanship combined with modern techniques which produces wines that are of exceptional quality and unique in character. The picturesque winery is build of stacked stone combined with a board and baton finish. Serenity Cellars sits nestled in the woods and offers a peaceful setting combined with good old fashioned southern hospitality.
Beca Farms & Vineyard
402 Caldwell Drive
Cleveland, GA 30528
706-348-1529
Millstone Vineyards
342 Luttrell Lane
Ringgold, GA 30736
423-580-6596
Serenity Cellars
303 Laurel Ridge Road
Cleveland, GA 30528
706-219-4213
110 Rathgeb Trail
Jasper, GA 30143
770-735-1210
From start to finish, Sharp Mountain Vineyards wines are truly hand-crafted in the old-world fashion. Pack a picnic, join take tour and enjoy tasting for just $3. Eat your lunch at one of their picnic tables while viewing in the beautiful countryside with rows and rows of vineyard with a view of hills and Sharp Mountain. This Blue Ridge winery is located just a short drive down Highway 515 in Jasper.
January and February
Saturday-12:00PM to 6:00PM
Open Valentines Day.
March-December
Thursday-Saturday 12:00PM to 6:00PM
Open Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Closed on Sundays
Dahlonega, GA 30533
800.251.4385
706.896.1680
This newest winery is under construction near Dahlonega and is bringing a taste of fine wine in Italian style to the North Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains.This winery is located high on a North Georgia foothill and resembles a Tuscan villa. The highest hills of the 400 acre plus property have been reserved for a Blue Ridge winery. Reminiscent of a centuries old Tuscan villa, the winery will be surrounded by a 40 acre vineyard-scheduled to be planted in the spring of 2007. The ground breaking for the winery was October 11, 2006 and the building is scheduled to open to the public in the fall of 2007. Special features will include a gourmet gift shop, tasting room, restaurant and event facility, roof top Owner’s Club, and a state of the art winery producing fine Georgia wines. This winery will be open for tours along with a wine tasting room, culinary classes and educaional wine seminars, and sweeping views of the North Georgia Mountains.
4500 South Main Street, Suite 101
Acworth, GA 30101
770-529-0490
Located in historic Acworth Boutier wines, located in historic Acworth, are crafted from the highest quality grapes, carefully selected from the finest vineyards, including the recently acquired Boutier Vineyards. Each of our wines are crafted and aged to perfection. The nearly 32 acres are planted
in Vinifera and French American grape varietals, with the oldest vines being 13 years of age. The current crop
includes Charadonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Viognier, Syrah, Chambourcin, and Vidal Blanc and
will be expanded to include Mourvedre and Grenache.
81 Vineyard Lane
Clayton, GA 30525
706-212-7380
You now can taste and buy Frogtown Cellars wines at Corks & Crumbs in Ellijay, GA.
5 Southside Square, Ellijay, GA 30540
706.698.9463
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WINE HIGHWAY WEEKEND
Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30, 2008
There will be a $20.00 fee for each participant which will be collected at the first winery visited. Travelers will receive a “Wine Highway Weekend” collectors’ glass which will give them admission to ALL participating wineries at no additional charge. Normal tasting fees will not be charged to anyone participating in traveling the Wine Highway.
Member wineries and Affiliate Members will each provide their own unique open-house format, with many offering food and wine pairings, music, barrel and library wine tastings, discounts, drawings and other special attractions.
Hours vary from location to location and travelers should check individual websites for current hours and directions. Additional information and website listings are available at www.georgiawine.com
THE WINEGROWERS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA REMINDS EVERYONE TO DRINK RESPONSIBLY AND TO USE DESIGNATED DRIVERS WHILE TRAVELING THE WINE HIGHWAY. THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR DESIGNATED DRIVERS TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SPECIAL EVENTS.
BLACKSTOCK VINEYARDS AND WINERY will offer a complimentary 4-wine tasting to visitors with live jazz music and lunch fare on our 2,000 sq ft., deck. The lunch menu will feature beef brisket smoked on site, as well as a smoked chicken option. Deck seating will also feature discounted wine-by-the-glass to enjoy with the hot lunch and the cool jazz. bsvw.com/ (706) 219-2789
BURTON GALLERY AND EMPORIUM celebrates the Third Annual Wine Highway Weekend with mountain vineyard oil paintings by Bill Davidson and David Horton, watercolor wine bottles filled with flowers by Dianne Isakson, and wine bottles by Cherry Cratty in her unique pulp painting style. The gallery will also feature a special sale on selected pottery. BurtonGallery.net/ (706) 947-1351
CHATEAU ELAN will discount Wine Market purchases by 10% and will also offer Wine Highway Travelers a 10% discount on lunch at Cafe Elan and a complimentary sample of Chateau Elan’s Founders Reserve Georgia wines. www.chateauelan.com (678) 425-0900
CORKS & CRUMBS, a tasting room for Frogtown Cellars in Ellijay, is offering a free Mimosa with the purchase of lunch on Saturday or brunch on Sunday in our Crumbs Bakery/Bistro. Be sure to browse new shipments of the latest in wine and home accessories plus delicious award winning Frogtown Cellars wines. (706) 698-WINE
COTTAGE GARDEN FURNITURE will display beautiful garden statuaries and planters that have been carefully selected for the Wine Highway Weekend. Custom finishes on garden pieces are reminiscent of old Italian pieces. Enjoy pesto dips from Pazzo’s Pizzaria and Italian Market. www.cottagegardenfurniture.com (706) 947-1601
CRANE CREEK VINEYARDS will offer gourmet food samples and light lunch fare prepared by our in-house culinary expert! Enjoy food & wine in the Barn Swallow Pavilion overlooking the vineyards and gorgeous mountain views. www.cranecreekvineyards.com (706) 379-1236
FROGTOWN CELLARS offers a special selection of Frogtown wines to enjoy with the renowned Frogtown Cheesebox. Show your Wine Highway Logo glass and receive a glass of wine at half price with your lunch order at our Panini Lunch Bar which is open from 12:00 noon to 3:30 p.m. Your Wine Highway Logo glass will also give you $10.00 off the price of a Tuscan Winetaster Dinner at 7:00 p.m. featuring 4 courses paired with wine for $45.00 each plus tax and gratuity. Go to www.frogtownwine.com for the menu and additional information. Viva Italia! (706) 865-0687
HABERSHAM VINEYARDS & WINERY will feature a tasting of library wines no longer available to the public, which will be paired with light food selections. HabershamWinery.com (706) 878-9463
HICKORY FLAT POTTERY will offer free studio and kiln house tours with potters, Cindy Angliss and Tasha Autry. There will be demonstrating potters on the wheel both days as well as Hickory Flat Pottery wine chillers, wine glasses, olive oil jugs, dipping trays, brie bakers, Italian wine jugs and more for sale. HickoryFlatPottery.com (706) 947-0030
NACOOCHEE GRILL will offer a 15% discount on both food and beverage purchases on both Saturday and Sunday. Nacoocheegrill.com (706) 878-8020
NATURALLY GEORGIA will feature appetizers made with wines from Tiger Mountain Vineyards and cheese from Sweet Grass Dairy. www.naturallygeorgia.com (706) 864-0832
PERSIMMON CREEK VINEYARDS is offering “Cabernet and Chocolate”…a tasting with our 2005 Cab Franc paired with custom made lavender chocolates. http://www.persimmoncreekwine.com (706) 212-7380
At SHARP MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS in Jasper each customer will draw for wine, merchandise, or a ticket. We will also offer gourmet food samples and complimentary winery tours. SharpMountainVineyards.com (770) 735-1210
TIGER MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS will feature wine tastings paired with cheeses from Georgia’s award winning Sweet Grass Dairies and bread from the Buckhead Bread Company. Join us on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and enjoy live music by Kenny Tollison. TigerWine.com (706) 782-4777
TIMPSON CREEK GALLERY in Rabun County will offer a 10% discount for participants showing their Wine Highway Weekend glasses. www.timpsoncreek.com (706) 782-5164
At WOLF MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS enjoy a complimentary pre-bottling tasting of our 2006 Instinct and Claret Estate Blends in our cask room and watch as our cooper (barrel maker) refinishes, retoasts and reassembles our older French Oak Barrels. We will feature lunch in the Vineyard Café on Saturday from 12 – 3 p.m. and our elaborate brunch on Sunday will feature live jazz entertainment with seatings at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Reservations are required for lunch or brunch and can be made by calling. http://www.wolfmountainvineyards.com (706) 867-9682
Montaluce will pour our new releases (M Vineyards) as well as a special flight of Italian wines created by its winemaker, Stefano Salvini. It will also offer tours of its new facility, live musical entertainment and food samplings from its newly opened restaurant Le Vigne. www.montaluce.com
Crane Creek Vineyards will offer gourmet food samples and light lunch fare prepared by its in-house culinary expert. Enjoy food and wine in the Barn Swallow Pavilion overlooking the vineyards and gorgeous mountain views. www.cranecreekvineyards.com (706) 379-1236
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"Good wine is a necessity of life for me." - Thomas Jefferson
"A man will be eloquent if you give him good wine." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Beer is made by men, wine by God." -Martin Luther
"Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil." - Lord Byron
"…then the streams would run with wine instead of water and the whole forest would give itself up to jollification for weeks on end." -~ C. S. Lewis in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
"A bottle of good wine, like a good act, shines ever in the retrospect." - Robert Louis Stevenson
"The wine cup is the little silver well, where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell. ~ William Shakespeare
. "A man fallen on hard times sold his art collection but kept his wine cellar. When asked why he did not sell his wine, he said, "A man can live without art, but not without culture." - Anonymous
Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. Wine is art. It's culture. It's the essence of civilization and the art of living. - Robert Mondavi, Autobiography, "Harvests of Joy
"Compromises are for relationships, not wine." - Sir Robert Scott Caywood
"And Noah, he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, 'I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine.'" - G.K. Chesterton
"If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?" - Cardinal Richeleu
"Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved." - Medieval German saying.
. "In wine there is truth." -Pliny the Elder
"Pour out the wine without restraint or stay. Pour not by cups, but by the bellyful. Pour out to all that wull." - Edmund Spenser
"A man not old, but mellow, like good wine." --Stephen Phillips
"Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of care." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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