Rabun County: The Place to Save!

"Savor the Savings," who can tell you how to save pennies, as well as how to make everyone count, recently came through our area! She enjoyed it immensely and wish she had more time to spend here (but didn't have to spend outrageous amounts of money for this beautiful vacation spot)!

"Our destination was Clayton in Rabun County, GA nestled in the North Georgia Mountains, this is a beautiful place to visit. Oh my, I wanted to visit the Antique Appliance Store and we didn't have time!!!"

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Suite101 Finds the Perfect Winter Vacation: Rabun County

In their perfectly titled article, "North Georgia Mountain Wintry Active Adventures
Southern Appalachians Welcome All Year Round, Winter is No Exception," Suite101 writer Donald Reinhardt knows just how to capture the spirit and beauty of Rabun County:

"Head to the mountains of Georgia for places that are warm with adventure and activity. Winter enticements abound in the N. Georgia mountains, and its easy to see why."

"Rabun County displays its scenic mountain and lake vistas, waterfalls and has many activities."

"North Georgia is a delight for visitors from anywhere. North Georgia's invitation of "y'all come see us now" is a neighborly refrain that is difficult to turn down!"

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Eco-Friendly Food: Persimmon Creek Vineyards

A Mother Nature Network columnists discovers just how delicious eco-friendly can be.
In this article featuring Rabun's Persimmon Creek Vineyards, Robin Shreeves discussed their green methods and good flavor.

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AJC Access Atlanta: Tiger Mountain Celebrates 10 years

An excerpt from Table Talk with Meridith Ford Goldman:

John and Martha Ezzard of Tiger Mountain Vineyards are living the kind of life some of us only dream of; the classic Park Place-to-pastoral story of how two people, wanting to save a family farm, left the known and ended up creating something all together new, different — and after ten years — successful.

....Now, after ten years, they are celebrating with a party on October 17, billed as the Old Highway 441 Rabun Red Bash. It will feature some of the vineyard’s older vintages, including Tiger’s benchmark Rabun Red wine, a five grape blend. It’s $15 per person, and includes barbecue, mountain music and a picnic overlooking the vineyards. For reservations, email tigerwine@windstream.net or call 706-782-4777 by October 12.

Complete Article: Tiger Mountain Celebrates 10 years

The Getaway - Weekly Ideas for one tank trips

The Augusta Chronicle features a blog post on "The Getaway" --

Rabun County spot for serene adventure
http://blogs.augusta.com/node/3415

Georgia Magazine Features Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center

Legends of Appalachia

The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center
BY LINDA ERBELE

The road winding up Black Rock Mountain to the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center in Mountain City evokes the ones that Appalachian pioneers once traveled by foot or, if they had a little wealth, by horse-drawn cart. It’s a hardscrabble lane with challenging ruts wide enough in some places to allow one car (or wagon) to pull over and let a passerby around. It twists past mountain laurel, wild rhododendron and the homes of people whose staunchly independent ancestors pioneered here hundreds of years ago. Read more. . . . http://georgiamagazine.com/currentissue.asp?menu=22&ID=2220&mon=August

Eno Bytes: 2007 Persimmon Creek Vineyards Cabernet Franc

Just coming home from judging the California State Fair Home Winemaking
Competition, I was reluctant about reviewing a wine from Georgia. One thousand plus homemade wines were entered into the state fair competition so I had taken my taste buds to edge and survived and just off that regimen I grabbed this bottle from Persimmon Creek Vineyards in Georgia wondering if it too would test my taste buds to their limit.

This wine rocked it from start to finish. Read the complete article: 2007 Persimmon Creek Vineyards Cabernet Franc