Wine stores in Atlanta

[Dawgman]

dananne, you mentioned you knew of some good wine stores in Atlanta. Care to share their whereabouts? (many rhymes in that statement - I like it!)
Also, anyone know of any good wine classes to learn about wine I'd be interested around Atlanta. I'm going to look here at UGA to see if they have any continuing ed classes going on. (My wife and daughter are really wondering what's going on with this new hobby of mine...)

[dananne]

The shops I frequent are:

Sherlocks -- on Northside Dr. near the intersection of W. Paces Ferry in Buckhead -- www.sherlocks.com -- a more upscale shop

Tower Wine & Spirits -- on Piedmont in Buckhead -- very large selection and good prices

d'Vine Wine Bar & Shoppe -- a new wine bar/shop in Dunwoody on Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. -- www.atlatawinebar.com -- small, but some nice finds in the $8 - $15 range

Ansley Wine Merchants -- On Monroe Dr. in Midtown -- not a huge selection, but nice at both the lower and higher price points (have not gone there as much lately, though, as I had a few problems with corked wines)

I also occasionally wine shop at Whole Foods, World Market, and at the DeKalb Farmer's Market -- good, less expensive selections at each place for everyday dinking-type wines.

If you need more specific directions to any of these, let me know -- I don't know how familiar you are with Atlanta.

I'll get back to you in the next day or two on the wine classes thing -- there are both classes and regular tastings that you may be interested in trying.

[wondersofwine]

Doesn't answer your specific questions, Dawgman, but when I came back from living in Germany many years ago and wanted to expand my wine knowledge, I started out with a non-credit adult education class at the University of Maryland. It was taught by Dr. Hamilton Mowbray who made and sold his own wines under the Montbray label. (He was a professor of applied physics I believe at Johns Hopkins University and bought an old dairy farm near the MD-Pennsylvania border to plant vines.) Made some nice wines from French-American hybrids. I remember for one class he asked the wine retailer to provide a Montrachet wine (meaning Puligny-Montrachet or Chassagne-Montrachet, but due to a misunderstanding, we ended up drinking Grand Cru Montrachet. Loved it then and love it now but can only experience it at special tastings.