Winter Wine Highway - 2011

I went once again as my Christmas treat to Dahlonega for the winter wine highway weekend. Since I've been twice already this year, there really wasn't much to see, just the usual stumping ground - Montaluce Winery for Brunch (and to taste their god-awful wine), Wolf Mountain Winery to take in their picturesque sights and taste some of their so-so wine (they do better at sparkling wine by the way) and then, Dahlonega Town Center which as a special treat this year, it just happened to be their Christmas Parade.  

That is my nice summary of events - captured even better in pictures.

Few Highlights

1. I bumped into these older ladies (grandma demographic) at Wolf Mountain with Barbie Doll doppelgängers to represent each of them. According to them, they travel everywhere, and they take their Barbie's with them. And wherever they go, they set the Barbie's down to chill, relax and take in the view, just as you would a pet per se, not a toy.  The Barbie's have been everywhere, Egypt, Paris, Morocco, with them on every one of their adventures. Weird, you think? Probably not...at least I didn't think so at the time. 

2. Dahlonega, unbeknownst to me after all these trips, is not a very diverse environment. It's just one population, and it's white. So me with my shoulder length braids was quite an attraction, sometimes I feel not in a good way. Some bothered to compliment the braids and others, were so nice to assist me with my wine selection - and the others, well, they just stared, befuddled. I kept thinking, "Where are all the black people?" In the words of Kanye West paraphrased of course, "Dahlonega, don't like black people."

The Scene from my rooftop view at Wolf Mountain Winery - a wedding party was setting it up. Quite the scene. 

Befuddled Santa

Caught a glimpse of Santa at the Christmas parade in the town center. Notice how shocked he looks at the sight of an actual black person. Like, "Who Dat?"

Montaluce Winery - quite the holiday tradition. This place is 9 parts ambiance, 1 part food. The lobby is one of the 9 parts. 

Montaluce Brunch

The scene at Brunch. Love the hardwood table and the mini jug of creamer. Cuute!!

What's with long face, Anita? After all that food and wine, comon, let's put a smile on that face?