Wine Tonite!

On our way up to the North Georgia mountains for a wine festival, we passed by a cabin rental business named “Hatfield’s.”  What came to mind as I drove by was the well-known story of the feuding families of West Virginia and Kentucky, the Hatfield’s and McCoys.  It is appropriate on this day for it [...]

As someone who has some Cherokee Indian blood, I was more than a little intrigued by a lone mountain, or “bald,” between the cities of Cleveland and Helen, Georgia given the name Yonah, which is Cherokee for “bear.” My wife and I first stumbled across this mountain, more than 80 miles north of Atlanta, about [...]

Extending my earlier post regarding the 100 point 2006 Cardinale Cabernet Sauvignon, here is some video footage from my exclusive tasting with winemaker, Chris Carpenter and the Toast of the Town event hosted by Wine Enthusiast later in the evening held at the Georgia Aquarium.

If there’s schools of fish, whales and sharks in that water, that is.  The Georgia Aquarium hosted their 4th annual Aqua Vino event that brings over 200 wines and 30 restaurants together for over 1,000 guests for an evening of fun and charity.  This event was really like a distributor tasting with many groups represented [...]

It’s Friday at 2 pm and you’re looking to start the weekend early only to find yourself sittin’ in that infamous Atlanta traffic (ranked 4th worst in 2009) unable to go just a few miles without gridlock.  Arghh!  Oh, and if there’s any kind of precipitation then you’re in for a real treat!  It comes [...]