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Feature Article
There still might be gold left in 'them thar hills' but now it grows on vines at Wolf Mountain Vineyards.
Georgia Gold Country is Now Golden for Wine
Wolf Mountain Vineyards Mines the Steep Dahlonega Plateau to Produce French-Influenced Wines from one of Georgia’s Most Vertical Vineyards.
by
Gregory McCluney
October 13, 2008
merica’s first gold rush was in Georgia, not California. It was in 1828 in the southern Appalachians, just a few miles from today’s nine-year-old Wolf Mountain Vineyards and Winery. So much gold was found that the U.S. government opened a mint in Dahlonega, Georgia. But today’s rush isn’t for Dahlonega’s gold, but rather to produce North Georgia’s best wines.
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