Even more ways to enjoy Tiger Mountain Vineyards!
The Founding of TMV
The new owner of Tiger Mountain Vineyards, Lenny Vitello, is a successful technology entrepreneur who has always had a passion for wine, hospitality, and the great outdoors. Tiger Mountain Vineyards encompasses all three and more! New ownership, yes, but still award-winning wines, the same beautiful vineyards, and same glorious Tiger Mountain! Lenny and Tina, married for more than 25 years, look forward to welcoming you to the new Tiger Mountain Vineyards!
Nearly thirty years ago, the late Dr. Ezzard gave up his medical practice in Denver to return to the Rabun County farm where he’d grown up milking cows. When he planted the first vines here in 1995, the main goal was saving the land that had been his family’s for five generations. William Ezzard, John's father, thankfully lived long enough to see the first successful plantings.
Tiger Mountain Vineyards was the first Georgia Vineyard to successfully establish European vines here in North Georgia. It was challenging work to cultivate the land and vines to produce TMV's amazing fruit and successfully craft award-winning wines. John loved getting his hands in the earth, especially the earth at Tiger Mountain, which his wife, Martha, said, "was part of his soul".
