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Best Places for Wine Tasting in North Georgia
Your guide to wine tasting experiences in the North Georgia Mountains
Top 12 Places to Buy Wine in Metro Atlanta
Have you ever been invited to someone’s home and were asked to bring a bottle of wine and had no idea where to start? Or maybe you’re just learning about wine and wonder where do other enthusiasts and connoisseurs like to go? Here’s a top 12 list to use as a guide (12 inside and 12 outside the perimeter).
Les Grandes Marques de Champagne
Grandes Marques de Champagne (or the great brands of Champagne) refers to the internationally known Champagne brands like Moet, Krug, Veuve Clicquot, Bollinger, etc. Compared to the small producers, these big companies have a global presence and produce much larger volume of Champagne to fill the shelves that we see at our local wine retailers. The Grandes Marques will usually have…
Québec City
My Canada trip continues with Via Rail, destination Québec City from Montréal… Bienvenue à Québec! Parliament Hill was where we stayed and it was literally up a hill! But it was a really cool neighborhood… One thing that I do routinely when traveling is I go to a local market to…
Exploring Wines of France at Vino Venue
Bill Reynolds, resident French Wine Scholar and sommelier of Vino Venue wine bar, welcomed the Friends of Alliance Française for an afternoon of French wine tasting…on tap! Using the enomatic, self-serve dispensing machines, we explored several of France’s most popular wine regions- Bourgogne (Burgundy), Bordeaux, Sancerre, and Côtes du Rhône (Rhone Valley).
Vermouth Tasting at the Decatur Wine Festival
I’m not sure why, but for some reason whenever I would hear the word Vermouth, all this time I was thinking that this was a spirit. It wasn’t until the annual Decatur Wine Festival where I learned that Vermouth was in fact a wine. It has been around for centuries and traditionally was used for medicinal…
Roswell Wine Festival
One of the best public wine festivals in the Metro Atlanta area! No long lines, ample free parking, and a wide variety of good wine selections all set in charming historic Roswell. This festival takes place every year during the month of October.
Wines of Alain Brumont Tasting @ Cellar 13
Cellar 13 is a hidden gem tucked away in a small shopping center in Buckhead, Atlanta. The owner John has a beautiful collection of unique handpicked wines mainly from small production vineyards in Europe as well as in South America and the US.