Georgia Magazine: Tallulah Gorge a Natural Attraction

This month's issue of Georgia Magazine listed Tallulah Gorge as a "genuine gem," one of the seven natural wonders of the state.

"Five waterfalls turn the gorge
floor into a cascade of sparkling lace
as the river drops more than 500 feet
in less than a mile. Just over two
miles long, this “Niagara of the
South” packs a lot of beauty into
that distance. Five weekends a year,
the dam opens, allowing kayakers to
test themselves against the whitewater’s
fury."

FOXFIRE 10

Foxfire 10: Inc. Foxfire Fund, George P. Reynolds: Books

Editorial Reviews




From Publishers Weekly

Although about a quarter of this collection of oral histories is devoted to folk arts and crafts, such as chair-making and gourd art, the focus in this Foxfire volume is on Appalachian history. The Talluhah Falls Railway's impact on the economy and daily life of Rabun County, Ga., gives the setting for interviews on railroad construction work and operation. Other sections consider the boardinghouses that flourished during Tallulah Falls's late-19th-century era of popularity as a vacation spot, and the building of the Fontana Dam. Interviews also explore Depression life--one man tells how his family got by through snitching apples and hunting possum--and the impact of federal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, with its army-style camp, and dollar-a-day jobs in the Works Progress Administration. Although interviewees occasionally enliven the work with their anecdotes and irrepressible personalities, much of the writing and handling of the interviews is pedestrian, though admirable for high-school students. This volume is likely to interest primarily those who are seeking out material on Appalachia, the CCC or the WPA. Photos not seen by PW.
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"One Tank Trip" features the new Lake Rabun Hotel

Nice publicity in Sunday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution Travel, both on line and print. To check it out, got to www.ajc.com and click on travel -- then on best food and wine vacations. Here's a link to the online article, "One Tank Trip: Lake Rabun Hotel."

If you haven't yet taken the time to visit the new old Lake Rabun Hotel, you are missing something special. I had the opportunity to dine there recently while entertaining a journalist from California, and hope to get back very soon. Gwen North and her staff are bringing a new level of service to the region.

Dillard House receives Southern Living Reader Choice Award

The January 2009 issue of Southern Living magazine features the “Reader Choice Awards.” The Dillard House received two awards this year - a ‘Best Breakfast/Brunch’ and a ‘Southern Favorite’. Congratulations to the Dillards for this well-deserved recognition! Here's a link to all of the awards.

North Georgia Mountains Magazine features Cecile and Dwayne Thompson, LaPrades, and Edd Edwards

The most recent issue of North Georgia Mountains Magazine featured several stories about people and places in Rabun County. Here are links to the articles:

Treasures of Timpson Creek Gallery

LaPrades Lives On

Energetic Edd Edwards

Great coverage of our people and their successful accomplishments. Thank you, North Georgia Mountains Magazine!

Southern Living: "Lessons From The Earth" - Foxfire

Southern Living Magazine gave a nod to the Firefox Museum and Heritage center in their recent article about Patricia Howell and her many talents.
"Plants drew her to Georgia during a spring visit with friends . . . For her, coming to Georgia to set up her first practice was a return to her first love."

"A Master Gardener and a member of the American Herbalists Guild, she teaches classes at the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center in Mountain City . . . 'This region of the Appalachians is one of the most botanically diverse places on the planet,' says Patricia."

Georgia Trend - Homegrown: Georgia's Winning Wines

At Georgia Trend’s second tasting of Georgia wines, judges looked for taste, balance, character and food-friendliness. They found three winners and five wines of distinction.

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Among the reds, our judges awarded Wines of Distinction designations to Persimmon Creek, for its 2005 Merlot, and to Wolf Mountain’s 2006 Instinct, a blend of the estate vineyards’ cabernet sauvignon, syrah, mourvedra and touriga nacionale.

Both are proud to declare their wines 100 percent Georgia grown, from their own vineyards. “We are huge terroirists,” says Mary Ann Hardman of Clayton’s Persimmon Creek, referring to the French term that links wine’s flavors to the earth in which the grapes are grown. (When Hardman takes wines to suppliers and restaurants, she often takes a bag of her soil with her.)

“The general public doesn’t understand why Georgia wines taste different from French or California wines,” she says. “But our wines express our sandy, loamy, alluvial soil.” She adds: “People should remember that we are farmers first. Wine shouldn’t be a snob sport.” Evans wrote: “Smells like ripe black fruit, currant, blackberry, strawberry, wet cinnamon. Palate: Nice depth, good balance, oak, integration. Great finish length. Yeah! Tannin!”

by Krista Reese published September 2008: full article Homegrown: Georgia's Winning Wines