Event: It was a day of food, wine, grape stomping, live music, wine seminars and cooking demonstrations for about 2,000 who attended the 13th Annual Vineyard Fest at Chateau Elan in Braselton. A group of 37 from Augusta, had extra fun as they took a bus sponsored by Vineyard Wine Market.
The bus driver got [...]

Ali Ivanhoe says “all the wines were lovely”. Period. Reported via iPhone aboard the bus heading back to Evans from Chateau Elan’s Vineyard Fest

They had grape stomping at chateau Elan . Here they do it to the tune “My Girl”. Reported live via iPhone

Rain, rain, rain. The wine tasting luckily is inside. Great wines like Murphy goode are here. Here Tonya Bieda and Rose Moore, both of Augusta, decide where to go next.

We are getting close to Braselton where Chateau Elan is located. Nicky Colvin and Nicki and Jeff Hight came prepared with snacks. Weather report not looking good. 70% chance of rain

About 37 are heading to Chateau Elan for an afternoon of festivities including grape stomping, lots of food and of course wine tasting. Roger’s chased them out of the bathroom and herded them on the bus. Should be interesting afternoon. Bottlereport’s Dan (Cheap Bastard) will be reporting through the day.

The Friday night version of the weekly Vineyard Wine Market tastings drew a big crowd who appreciated the seven wines available for tasting. The wines covered a wide spectrum, from dry to almost sweet and light to powerful blockbusters.
The Recovery Red and the Trivento Merlot were the best bets of the low-end flight, though [...]

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The Daily Pour (or sip in this case): It has been a long day of programming, technical documentation, dinner preparation for a three-year-old and covering a wine dinner. It can be fun covering wine dinners. You meet really nice people enjoying themselves and really nice people who actually put the dinner on. [...]

Where: Partridge Inn, 2110 Walton Way, Augusta, GA, 30904. 706-737-8888.
When: Tuesday, August 25th, 6:30pm
Cost: $35 per person plus tax and tip.
Event: It was a great evening of good food, good wine and good friends who gathered at the Partridge Inn for a “Summer Dinner on the Verandah”. For some it was a neighborhood [...]