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SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2008 at TIGER MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS

Five Course Fundraiser Dinner for Georgia Farmers and Chefs

The cost is $150 per person (tax deductible)

WHAT: A Slow Food Wine Dinner with James Beard Award-Winning Chefs Joe Truex & Mihoko Obunai of Re’past Restaurant (http://www.repastrestaurant.com). The money raised will support local farmers and chefs selected to attend the Terra Madre Conference in Turin, Italy this fall.

WHO: Slow Food Atlanta (http://www.slowfoodatlanta.org)

Terra Madre global food conference (http://www.terramadre.info)

WHEN: September 20th at 5:30pm

WHERE: The Stack’s Vineyard at Tiger Mountain Vineyards (http://www.tigerwine.com) located at 1077 Bethel Rd. Tiger, Ga 30576

WHY: Proceeds from the dinner will benefit Georgia Farmers and Chefs. Slow Food is an international non-profit, 501 c 3 organization dedicated to supporting local food producers and the chefs and cooks who support them. Slow Food Atlanta is sending 27 delegates to a world food community conference in Turin, Italy in late October. Often called the United Nations of Food, Terra Madre is a meeting of 7,000 small-scale food producers, chef/cooks and food educators from around the world. In an effort to help fund the delegates' travel expenses to Italy, Slow Food Atlanta, in collaboration with Taste Network, is hosting a month of fundraisers. Taste Network has designed a series of spectacular events in support of this cause!!

Harvest Dinner Sept. 20, 6pm, Tiger Mountain Vineyards in Rabun County, Ga.

Arrive at 5:30pm for walking tour of the vineyard and orchards with vineyard owners Bill and Leckie Stack, followed by a reception and intimate dinner paired with fabulous reserve wines in their "party barn" overlooking a theatre of grape vines and fruit trees. The 5-course dinner will be prepared by husband and wife Chefs Joe Truex and Mihoko Obunai, prepared with locally grown ingredients. Dine with the chefs and the farmers in an intimate setting.

HOW: To buy tickets, please go to www.localwineevents.com or send checks to Slow Food Atlanta at: 4148 Kings Troop Rd. Stone Mtn. Ga 30083. RSVP REQUIRED.

ABOUT:

Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. www.slowfoodatlanta.org

Terra Madre is an international community of food producers, chefs/cooks and educators who aim to explore new and different methods of food production-- an approach that is attentive to environmental resources, global balance and product quality. The meeting of more than 6000 individuals from 120 countries will focus on issues of concern to all food producers today: biodiversity, hunger, poverty, water, sustainability, both traditional and new technologies, organic agriculture, the role of women, and the linkage between rural economic development and the prevention of conflicts. These and many other issues will be discussed by various workgroups, and will be conducted in a spirit of constructive proposal at the conference in Turin, Italy the last week of October. www.terramadre.info. For past Georgia delegate profiles go to http://www.tastenetwork.org/TerraMadreBrochure.pdf

Tiger Mountain Vineyards: Rabun County’s award winning winery owned by Leckie and Bill Stack and John and Martha Ezzard.

DETAILS

THE DINNER: 5:30pm till 9pm

Arrive at 5:30pm for walking tour of the vineyard and orchards with owners Bill and Leckie Stack, followed by an intimate dinner paired with fabulous reserve wines in the barn. The wine pairings will explore the inspiring cousins to the north Georgia vines. Side by side, we will drink old world malbec next to the malbec of Rabun County. Dine with the chefs and the farmers in an intimate setting ten feet from the kitchen. The cost of the 5-course dinner, with wine pairings is $150, including tax and gratuity.

THE HARVEST EXPERIENCE: 10am till 2:30pm + add $30

Arrive early at Tiger Mountain for the Annual Harvest. Your day will begin with grape picking at 10am, followed by live music, and a gourmet picnic in the vineyard. Around 2:30pm the harvest festivities come to a close and numerous options for filling your Saturday become your next adventure.

ART & ANTIQUE SHOPPING TOUR: 2:45pm till 5pm + add $20

Take the shopping tour in the towns of Clayton and Dillard

+ Arrive back at the 5pm for a cheese reception before dinner on the patio overlooking the vineyard and orchards hosted by Brady Lowe of the Taste Network.

Galleries include:

Timpson Creek Gallery (www.timpsoncreek.com)

Main Street Gallery (www.mainstreetgallery.net)

Butler Galleries I and II in Clayton (www.waterfallcountryclub.com/414.0.html)

Yesterday’s Treasurers in Dillard (www.smokymtnchamber.com/yesterdays-guide.html)

FARMER MARKET VISIT & SPRING RIDGE CREAMERY TOUR: 2:45pm till 5pm + add $20

Head away from the vineyards on a mission to see a great farmers market that belongs to the Osage family. A tour will take you behind the scenes and afterwards, head one mile down the road to Spring Ridge Creamery for a tour of the facility with owner Jim Moore. Watch them make the worlds best ice cream, unpasteurized cheese and fresh milk from their Jersey Cows.

+ Arrive back at the 5pm for a cheese reception before dinner on the patio overlooking the vineyard and orchards hosted by Brady Lowe of the Taste Network.

GO ADVENTUROUS: CHATTOOGA WHITEWATER STYLE

Chattooga WhitewaterOutfitters has your kayak, hiking trail, fishing adventure, etc…

http://www.chattoogawhitewatershop.com - add +$50-250

Hike a Waterfall, kayak through the scene in “Deliverance”, rent a duckie… The Chattooga River is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful rivers in the United States. It runs 57 miles south from Whiteside Mountain in North Carolina and drops on average 49 ft per mile. The name Chattooga comes from the Native American Cherokee and means “we crossed here”. The river currently serves as the boundary between the states of Georgia and South Carolina. In 1974 the Chattooga was designated as a National Wild and Scenic River which has helped protect the river and its watershed. This act helped to protect a wonderful corridor of untouched land 1/4 on either side of its banks

The Chattooga remained relatively unknown to most people until the now famous Deliverance was filmed here in the early 1970's. Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight stared in the movie whose scenes were filmed on the Chattooga, as well as the nearby Chauga and Tallulah rivers. This brought fame and a reputation to the area.

Enjoy Personal Time Option: 2:30pm - 5pm.

Pick the orchard for apples and pears, take a nap on the knoll overlooking the vineyard with the view of Tiger Mountain, lounge on picnic blankets that are available for your use. Sneak in a lazy afternoon nap or head out and explore on your own. If you would like to join us back at the porch at 5pm for the cheese presentation by Taste Network please add $20.

For people who want to spend the weekend, we recommend:

The Beechwood Inn (www.beechwoodinn.ws)

Glen-Ella Springs (www.glenella.com)

The Barn Inn (www.barninn.com)