IF YOU GOWhat: The Georgia Winery’s 6th annual Amateur Wine Competition. A wine seminar will be followed by a blind tasting of the winery’s award winning wines. Following the seminar, the amateur vintner’s will be recognized.When: Saturday, Jan. 29, from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.Where: The Georgia Winery tasting room and shop at 6469 Battlefield Parkway, just to the west of Interstate 75.Cost: $15 per person to attend the seminar and wine tasting party. Those entering the amateur competition must provide two bottles of each wine they want judged with a $15 entry fee for the first and $5 fee for each subsequent entry, the entry fee includes two free admissions to the seminar and blind tasting party.Special note: Reservations are required and those attending must be 21 or older.For more information about the event or entering the competition contact the Georgia Winery by calling (706) 937-2177.
They might not have snazzy labels bearing prestigious names, but some of the finest homemade wines will vie for honors during the Georgia Winery’s 6th annual Amateur Wine Competition.
“Only homemade wine by amateurs is allowed,” said Tara Taymore, tasting room manager at the Georgia Winery location on Battlefield Parkway. The winery is currently winding down the call for entries.
Entrants must submit two bottles, properly prepared and ready to drink, of each variety they wish to enter and fill out forms that detail how each was made, she said. Wines will be judged on Jan. 24 with the results kept secret until the wine tasting party on Jan. 29.
“Last year we had 55 entrants from five states,” Taymore said.