Wine Tonite!

Summary of this week’s wine potpourri: 1. Nickel & Nickeltasting of 11 single-vineyard 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from 2006 vintage:  Nickel & Nickelis such a winery which, in 1997, was created by the owners of Far Niente to produce only single-vineyard Cabs with a focus on procuring fruit from some of the finest vineyards in Napa [...]

…and for Montaluce Winery & Estates just outside Dahlonega, just an hour north of Atlanta.  Sometimes it’s good just to hang with good friends for an afternoon and that’s what my good buddy Jason and I did this past Sunday.  He’s got the photog skillz and you’ll be seeing some of his good work not [...]

Montaluce means “mountain of light” in Italian and could very well be a beacon of hope as well for the North Georgia wine industry.  Based on the passion and dream of Rob Beecham, the COO of Beecham Builders, Montaluce Winery & Estates is a growing Tuscan community in the mountains of North Georgia  (can you say “Ciao [...]

It has been a long and arduous journey, but chasing your passion is never easy.  With 16 days still left in the application period as of this writing, I have learned quite a lot, “met” a lot of great and interesting people and have never felt more driven to do something I really love: Work [...]