Dahlonega Wine Trail Weekend 

Date: August 22, 2015 - August 23, 2015

Event Description:

Join us August 22 & 23, 2015 for the 4th Annual Dahlonega Wine Trail event in the Heart of Georgia Wine Country, home of award-winning winemakers and the official "Tasting Room Capital of Georgia"! The Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center, along with Dahlonega's unique Wineries, will host the Dahlonega Wine Trail (DWT) weekend passport event. 

The DWT experience begins Saturday, August 22nd at 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm and continues Sunday, August 23rd from 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm.  Wine enthusiasts can enjoy weekend-long festivities at Dahlonega's award-winning wineries and vineyards.

Dahlonega Wine Trail event passports are only $30 per person including a souvenir glass. Passports will be available for purchase and wine trail patrons are encouraged to begin the trail event at the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Visitors Center in downtown Dahlonega (13 South Park Street, Dahlonega, GA 30533). The Visitors Center will supply you with your passport to the wine trail with maps, visitor guides, and other helpful information.  Passports will also be available at participating wineries.

For more information, please contact the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center at (706) 864-3711.

Wine Tours of Georgia

Two childhood friends, Jon and Michael, have joined together to share their love of wine and the beautiful North Georgia Mountains, just a one hour trip outside of the metro Atlanta area. Our company is Wine Tours of Georgia LLC.

We have established personal relationships with the vineyard owners and vintners, giving us a little more insight into how to make your wine tasting experience a more memorable one. The two of us have an extensive customer service background and we have put all of our efforts into providing you with a care free day of wine, food, live music and beautiful mountain vistas only found in the Southern Appalachians.

We help provide you and your guests a wonderful day exploring the inner working of the wineries, scheduling a delicious lunch or brunch and of course… plenty of delicious wine to taste. The vines, now some a century old, are winning many gold medals in wine competitions around the country. The unique climate and altitude have come together to produce many varietals that would shock even some of the most highbrow wine drinkers.

As part of our service we will also offer panning for gold, a stroll through the delightful town of Dahlonega, and a petting zoo for the kids. While in Dahlonega you might want to shop at one of the many boutiques or gift shops or have a taste of some local wines at one of the tasting rooms on the square.

If you’re looking to be pampered for a day, let us take you there.

http://winetoursofgeorgia.com/

indigenous wine grapes to georgia

Georgia 

Muscadine Grapes

has a long tradition of grape growing and wine making based on the native muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia). In recent decades, with the advent of modern fungicides, the European bunch grape (Vitis vinifera) and French-American hybrids (European bunch grape crossed with American bunch grape) are being grown successfully in the mountain areas of Georgia. Georgia leads the nation in the production of muscadine table grapes that have been developed primarily by breeders at the University of Georgia.

Georgia's four distinct climate zones have a huge influence on grape production. In the Tennessee Valley, north of the Blue Ridge Mountains (U.S. Department of Agriculture Zone 6b), such French-American hybrids as Chambourcin and Seyval Blanc are best adapted. In this area there are two wineries, Crane Creek in Young Harris and Tiger Mountain in Tiger. On the south slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains and in the Valley and Ridge district (USDA Zone 7a) French-American hybrids and European bunch grapes thrive. In this region there are five wineries: Habersham in Helen; Three Sisters, Wolf Mountain, and Frogtown Cellars in Dahlonega; and Georgia Wines in Chickamauga. Some of the primary cultivars (cultivated varieties) being grown are Chardonnay, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon. In the Piedmont district (USDA Zone 7b), muscadines and selected cultivars of bunch grapes thrive.

Chateau Elan

 In this area there are three wineries: Chateau Elan inBraselton, Fox Winery in Social Circle, and Monarch Wine Company inAtlanta. In south Georgia (USDA Zone 8a) there is one muscadine winery, Still Pond in Arlington, southwest of Albany. Carlos and Noble are the main muscadine wine-grape cultivars.

Excerpt from Business & Economy