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Popular jazz guitarist Derek Worth will play solo at the 2015 Cabernet Franc Release, Saturday, June 24, 1:30 to 4 PM. (The new Cabernet Franc can be purchased from 11 a.m. Saturday until 6 pm.) Artisan cheeses from Sweet Grass Dairy and Sequatchie Cove Creamery! No admission charge--tasting fees only. Wine Club members free!
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CELEBRATE the JULY 4TH weekend at Tiger Mountain. SATURDAY at the Tasting Room Guitarist Greg Presmanes entertains from 1: 30 to 4 p.m. Special discounts on TMV Norton, the native American grape once grown at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello!
KEG AND BARREL tastings July 4th weekend at THE RED BARN CAFÉ! Craft beer and TMV wine from the barrel! Friday dinner (Try Chef's new steak entrée) 5 to 9 p.m.; Saturday lunch, 11: 30 to 3 p.m.; Saturday dinner, 5 to 9 p.m.; Sunday brunch, 11: 30 to 3:30 p.m.
SAVE the DATE: August 5 is the tentative date for a second library wine tasting at the Ezzard home in the vineyards. Priority seating for waiting list re: last event and wine club members. Stay tuned for details!
August 21 -- Tiger Mountain is a prime viewing spot for the total solar eclipse! We will have box lunches and a bottle of wine (at an Eclipse discount!!) for guests to purchase at the Red Barn along with unbreakable wine glasses --- bring your own blanket! There's more than one great viewing spot on the Ezzard farm! More details to come.
From the Red Barn patio, a recent "strawberry moon"
sunset was captivating! photo by Gretchen Becker
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Award winning Chef David Sweeney is all about fresh and local.
 White Tiger 2016, our popular white blend of Viognier, Petit Manseng, and Seyval Blanc, is our latest release! Stock up on this refreshing, crisp white wine while it lasts. Only $18 per bottle and great for spring and summer patio parties!
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 The 2016 Rosé may be the best Rosé we have ever made! It is a dry French style Rosé from the Ezzard vineyards Cabernet Franc grape! Available in the Tasting Room now. |
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 The 2016 Petit Manseng is now available in the Tasting Room. Tiger Mountain's John Ezzard pioneered Petit Manseng in Georgia; TMV vintages have won four gold medals in the last four years -- one each in Los Angles and San Francisco and The Jefferson Cup Invitational. The 2015 vintage won gold in the 2016 International Eastern in which 1500 East Coast and mid-Atlantic wines competed!
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HAPPENINGS AT THE WINERY
More than 300 turned out for the 2017 spring event featuring the Seed and Feed Marching Abominables!
Guests enjoyed the first ever tasting of TMV Library wines June 17 -- in the Ezzard
home. A second one is planned for August 5.
Emma Miller, a 2017 UGA graduate who interned last summer at Tiger Mountain, still does all of the winery's social media. An outstanding young woman with a great future!
Chef Rusty Bowers of Atlanta's Pine Street Market and Red Barn Chef David Sweeney serve roasted pig(s) for spring partygoers!
Family and friends presented Dr. John Ezzard, founder of Tiger Mountain fine dry wines 20 years ago, with a crystal cup at the harvest party: "Pioneer Vintner of the South"
TMV partners John and Marilyn McMullan and Lisa Ezzard enjoy 2016 spring celebration.
The Red Barn Café, open from May to November, offers an atmosphere of rustic elegance - enjoy a wine and dine experience in the 75-year-old restored Dairy Barn!
Ezzard daughters Shelly and Lisa prepare fresh figs and plums for the salad table at the 2016 harvest party.
Dr. John describes his favorite Rabun County grown Malbec for party goers at the harvest party.
Tiger Mountain's 100 acre farm property and vineyards are full of lovely vistas for winery and Red Barn visitors.
 TM partners Ezzards and McMullans celebrate recent gold medal wine awards at the Red Barn!
Winemaker Dr. John Ezzard with Tiger Mountain's gold medal 2013 Petit Manseng.
OUR TASTING ROOM HAS WINE GIFTS GALORE -- AND WE SHIP!
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In addition to logo shirts, vests, hats, and Tiger stripe stoppers, a popular gift for football fans is our Tiger Tanker ---- and an elegant gift for special people in your life for Valentine's or other special occasions is a bottle of Sweet Petit in a lovely mesh sack ---- named "Best Dessert wine in Georgia, 2016." Call TMV manager Brandon Craft: 706-782-4777.
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WELCOME NEW VENDORS
Winemaker John Ezzard at Decatur Sherlocks store.
The Salt Table in Savannah, the popular gourmet spice and gift shop, also carries local wines and has a grand selection of Tiger Mountain wines, including the 2016 White Tiger and the latest Mountain Cyn (Norton, also known as Cynthiana, and Cabernet Franc blend). David and Carl Legasse, the owners, are knowledgeable advisers about wines for the holidays! Fernside Package Store is a convenient stop for Toccoa residents to pick up TMV wines, including Petit Manseng and Cabernet Franc. Betty's Country Store in Helen sells a broad selection of Tiger Mountain wines.
In Thomasville, GA, Liam's Restaurant is "The" place to dine-- Tiger Mountain wines are proudly served there. Guests may enjoy Tiger Mountain wines at the recently remodeled York House in Rabun Gap, an historic inn where owners Stan and Christine Penton host weddings, community events, and guests from around the country. The Healthy Gourmet in Athens now carries TMV wines. Owners Anne and Dave Wells, strong proponents of local food and win, will special order any TMV wines they don't have. Tiger Mountain's popular Rabun Red blend is now available in The Wine Shoppe on the square in Blairsville.
In Rabun County, the award winning FORTIFY restaurant and bar features Tiger Mountain wines as does the Lake Rabun Hotel with its rustic and elegant setting on the lake. TMV wines are also available at the Lake Rabun Hotel Restaurant, by the glass or bottle. TMV wines are also served at Fromage Fine Foods and Rumor Hazit in Clayton and at the popular Dillard House.
See Where to Buy for contact information on all of our vendors.
EZZARD VINEYARD MEMOIR, THE SECOND BUD, STILL AVAILABLE IN THE TASTING ROOM!
Martha Ezzard's memoir about the Ezzards' pioneering vineyard venture which won the 2014 Georgia Author of the Year award, continues to attract press reviews and speaking engagements.
"Opening Martha Ezzard's The Second Bud is like popping the cork on a bottle of fine wine: the more you sip, the gooder it gets. Forget all the glamorous, foo-foo crap you've ever heard about owning a vineyard; growing wine is hard work and so are the challenges the author and her husband face. So lush is Martha's telling that the reader is caught up in the fragrant, beautiful landscape of the vineyard without ever having set foot on the soil." Nancy Stephan, Memoir/Autobiography Judge
While traveling with Martha from Denver, Colorado to Atlanta and finally full-time to Tiger, be prepared for detours that will yank your heart strings and strike your funny bone... John Shivers, Georgia Mountain Laurel, October 2014
Read the complete review here on pages 16-17.
"In grape growing a second bud sometimes comes along to replace a first that has fallen victim to late spring frosts. As a metaphor for survival, perseverance and unexpected growth, it's pretty darned good. As the title of Martha Ezzard's book, it's perfect." Jill Vejnoska, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Martha Ezzard's book, THE SECOND BUD; DESERTING THE CITY FOR A FARM WINERY, is available in the Tasting Room, the IGA at Marble Hill, Foxtale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, in Prater's Book Store in Clayton, Dahlonega's Naturally Georgia, and independent book stores throughout the southeast as well as The Tattered Cover in Denver.
In the Atlanta Metro area, the book is available at the Decatur Sherlock's/Cook's Warehouse, Eagle Eye Book Store in Decatur; A Cappella Books in Atlanta and The Book Exchange in Marietta.
Download the pdf July Arts Section book review from Smoke Signals (Big Canoe) or click here to read the review on the Press page.
Upcoming book talks
Stay tuned for 2017 spring book talks/lunches at The Red Barn Cafe! To schedule with Martha, e-mail her: mezzard@windstream.net or call her cell: 404-277-9040.
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 Ezzard signs books following a presentation to Auburn University writing class taught by Dr. Terry Ley. |
 Kristen Fricks Roman, Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Martha at the Georgian Club. |
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Pulitzer prize winning writer Rick Bragg gives Martha's book a boost at a recent Atlanta Press Club event!
Bragg's new book, Jerry Lee Lewis, His Own Story, based on hundreds of hours with the most colorful Rock and Roll star of all time, is a compelling true story, one only Bragg could be trusted to reveal.
Members of the Mount Paran Woods Garden Club discussed rose care in the vineyards with Ezzard as well as grape growing and Georgia wines.
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