Georgia Wines

[dananne]

You found the best winery in Georgia, IMHO. They make several wines, generally using grapes from the Loire and Rhone River valleys in France (with some exceptions). The Rabun Red is not one of my personal favorites in their line, but it is a pleasant, easy drinker that, from my experience, appeals to more novice drinkers. They make a very flavorful mourvedre, a somewhat more tannic tannat, a malbec, a cabernet franc that usually wins them lots of awards, a very nice viognier that tastes of peaches, a norton (which may be my favorite, as it has so much character), and a touriga national (the grape usually used for port in Portugal). Bill Stack, a co-founder, was an attorney in Atlanta before joining up with John Ezzard in Rabun. Very confortable tasting room -- they and their spouses are usually there pouring on the weekends. It's beautiful country around there, also, so it's a very pleasant way to spend a Saturday.

Last year at Wine South, I was very farorably impressed by the Georgia wines area, and I spent some good time tasting all that I could (you can look back to last Sept. for my review of Wine South -- I discuss GA wines -- it's in the Wine Events thread). IMHO, another up-and-coming GA winery is Three Sisters near Dahlonega.

Let me know what you think of that Rabun Red, and glad to hear you're trying some local stuff [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]