The Le Vigne Restaurant at Montaluce is putting a special touch on Valentine’s Day this year.  We are celebrating the holiday for the entire weekend!

February 14th-16th, in addition to our already fantastic dinner menu, Executive Chef Austin Rocconi has planned a 5 course Valentine’s Day dinner menu!!!

We will also be hosting very special musical guests, ‘The Fly Cats‘ jazz band trio – performing during dinner on the 14th and 15th!  For a preview of the great music you’ll be hearing, check out their website www.theflycats.com or click the link here for their YouTube video channel.

The first two performances of the Serenbe Playhouse show, ‘A Diva’s Christmas’ have been a hit and there are only two performance dates left!  These are wonderful cabaret shows with live piano and singing from three beautiful, talented Divas. Did we mention that for the ticket price of $65, you are also included in our 3 Course Chef Dinner with the show?  Enjoy these photos of last Friday evening with the Divas and a view of what was on the menu.

Confit Chicken Leg – sunchoke puree, garden root vegetable, porcini mushroom, natural jus

Atlantic Salmon – wild black rice risotto, black trumpet mushroom, baby pea shoot

Mountain Valley Farms Bone-In Pork Chop - cauliflower, brussel sprout, fig, roasted apple, anson mills polenta, apple cider bourbon jus

Venison Osso Bucco – cinnamon tomato compote, garden beet greens, porcini mushroom, anson mills farro

Bitter/Sweet Chocolate Cake – layer cake, chocolate mocha ice cream

Call 706-867-4060 Reservation only and tables are limited!

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October is always one of the busiest months of the year, not only at Montaluce, but for all of Dahlonega and North Georgia area.  Leaves blowing in the fall breezes look like fire dancing on the trees.  Sounds of live music fill the air, and local art, crafts and amazing food seem to be spread across every corner of our city.  It’s a great time of year to visit this little mountain town, and Montaluce is no exception to the rule.

Our yearly Harvest Festival was a huge success and great time for our guests of all ages!  Just in case you couldn’t make it October 13th, here is a recap with just some of what we had to offer!

With 5 – unlimited – food and wine pairing stations, local farm fresh vegetables, vendors selling everything from clothes and jewelry, to local honey and hand made candles, and complementary tours given EVERY HOUR, there was a lot to see and do!

Enjoy the photos, and don’t forget to sign up for our email list by sending name and information to: wineclub@montaluce.com

If you come to class at Montaluce Vineyards, and you’ll get to do a lot more than memorize factual information in a study book.  You’ll get to experience the culture, witness the process, and enjoy the final product of making wine!

Beginning in 2011, Montaluce offered wine education opportunities, or ‘Deluxe Tour & Tastings’, on a grand scale.  The response was exciting, as we taught, toured, and tasted with more than 1,000 ‘students’!  As the year came to a close, the thirst for knowledge, and our excellent wine, continued to grow.

So, you’ve been on tours at wineries before.  Well, have you ever touched the grapes on the vines?  Have you ever watched the fruit being pressed or punched? Has anyone ever told you why, chemically or subconsciously, you enjoy the glass of wine that you’re drinking, or why to pair fatty foods with heavy wines?  If you answer ‘NO’ to any of these questions, you probably haven’t been on a ‘Deluxe Tour & Tasting’ at Montaluce!

Deluxe Tour & Tastings at Montaluce are guided personally by our trained sommeliers.  They escort you into the vineyard, to see first hand how our wine is made from the ground to the glass – hopefully the glass you’re drinking from while on the tour!  You’ll be lead through the wine production facility, learn all of the key differences in wine making practices, aging, barreling, filtering and everything in between.  Finally, you sit down and enjoy six of our amazing Georgia grown wines, paired with artisan cheeses and full tasting notes from our wine maker.  Did we mention three of the wines aren’t available to the general public and wont be released for months?!

If all of this isn’t enough, maybe you don’t love wine the way that we do, but if you are interested in two full hours of personal service, amazing wine, loads of wine knowledge, and an experience you won’t soon forget, then call and schedule your ‘Deluxe Tour & Tasting’ today.  At only $45, you can’t afford to pass this up.

Regularly schedule Deluxe Tour & Tastings every Saturday and Sunday at 12pm, or by reservation only~

Write us an email: info@montaluce.com or call 706.867.4060 for your Deluxe Tour!

Most weddings at Montaluce begin months, if not years, in advance.  Guest lists are made, full catering menus are prepared, hundreds of people gather, photographers working tirelessly, and thousands of details come together to make a few special hours as meaningful as possible for the bride and groom.  But not all weddings are created equal.  More important than presentation and planning, is love.  That was the only idea behind the Wednesday afternoon wedding of Jim + Kathy.

Here are some photos we took for the new couple on their wedding day!

(photographs courtesy of Fallen Together Photography)

So whether you want to plan a huge wedding with all the bells and whistles, or you just wake up feeling like ‘today is the day’, Montaluce is your perfect location for any special event.

Visti us online at www.montaluce.com to check our Calendar and start planning your special event today.

Christmas song parodies aside, Montaluce is proud to celebrate the start of harvest this season with such great looking fruit!

There were quiet a few bumps in the proverbial road this year for North Georgia Wine Country.  First came the early frost that threatened to freeze away our beautiful sangiovese!  Then, the constant, high levels of humidity adding to the possibility of spoiling our delectable merlot!  Lastly, the so-called ‘drought‘ this year seams to have brought more rain than ever?!?  Watery grapes = watery wine…

So what do we do with all of our concerns!?  Now, we turn to our expert wine maker, Maria Peterson…and now, we make some amazing wine!

If ‘every job has a problem‘, then Maria would be our permanent solution.  With expertise and experience from across the globe, Maria has a never ending source of imagination, ideas, and work ethic.

Enjoy these photos from the start of harvest, stay tuned for more action shots, and don’t forget to COME OUT AND TOUR MONTALUCE to experience our wine making process for yourself!

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1st course – Compressed watermelon, shropshire blue, chocolate mint, vidalia onion, pickled watermelon rind – Montaluce Honey Mead, 2011

2nd course – Seared scallop, sea bean, velvet pioppini mushroom, black garlic, brown butter powder - Montaluce Risata, 2010

3rd course – Heirloom tomato, artisanal blue cheese, garden basil, balsamic foam – Montaluce Super Georgian, 2011

4th course – Pan roasted duck breast, fiddlehead fern, whipped polenta, smoked blueberry, candied garlic jus – Montaluce Centurio,  2010

5th course – Vanilla mascarpone panna cotta, lemon sherbet, chilled peach soup, mint oil powder – Montaluce Dolce, 2010

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