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Festival highlights Georgia's wines
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Wine is poured during the Georgia Wine Country Festival. The festival, in its 11th year, will continue each weekend in June at Three Sisters Vineyards in Dahlonega. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times
At the Georgia Wine Country Festival this weekend, Three Sisters Vineyard included the essentials to any good party: good music, good food and good wine.Visitors from around the region came out to the festival Saturday to sample at the Georgia Wine Garden, a tasting featuring wines from vineyards all across the state, enjoy a barbecue lunch and listen to live music from band Route 66.The festival, now in its 11th year, is always held in the middle of the Three Sisters Vineyard in Dahlonega and is free to the public. It will be held each Saturday and Sunday through June.Doug Paul, a founder and owner of the winery, says the theme of the festival means more than just a good time.“The Georgia wine industry is a somewhat new experience for many Georgians and tourists,” he said. “It is the new entertainment, culinary and educational activity driving agritourism and agritainment in all corners of the state.