Blackstock Winery
I love to see the look on people’s faces (especially people from California) when they taste a wine that is not from California, Washington or Oregon. I was in Georgia and discovered the Georgia Wine Highway, that led me to some very nice wineries. One in particular was a winery call Blackstock in Dahlonega, Georgia. I was there with a group of eight people and we were pleasantly surprised at how nice the wines were that David Harris produced. Now for something unheard of in California, my wife and I bought a case and had it shipped back to California. We mixed the case with Reserve Chardonnay, Reserve Merlot, Reserve Viognier, ACE (A family Reserve) and a Sangiovese Rose’. I have surprised several guests with a bottle from my Blackstock collection and opened up a new world to them. In particular, one evening we were entertaining a friend that literally scoffed at us when he found out that we had shipped a case of Georgia wine to California. It was about six months later when we were having appetizers that I had opened a bottle of Blackstock Reserve Chardonnay. After the first taste, my guest picked up the bottle, and the look on his face was priceless. He asked, “This is a Georgia Wine?” And I replied, “Yep, the one you so adamantly rebuffed me for buying and shipping to California.” Once again, I introduced someone to a whole new world of wine. There are wineries in every state and it is well worth the effort to discover these little places of paradise. The folks are friendly and eager to have you taste their wines and chat with you about what else? - Wine! Check around your state and let me know what diamonds in the rough you find. You’ll be glad you did.