Georgia Trend - October 2011

On The "Nappalachia" Trail

Here, in the pleasant 60-degree coolness of a “wine cave” set into the hillside, he shows off the high-tech instruments of his trade: enormous stainless steel tanks holding still-fragrant crushed grapes from the 13 acres of vines on the 197-acre…

Art of the Meal: Le Vigne

  Le Vigne   501 Hightower Church Road, Dahlonega, 706.867.4060 www.montaluce.com/dining_at_montaluce.html Open for brunch, lunch and dinner. The website warns that it is often closed for private events. Call before going. Parking: Complimentary valet. Credit cards: All major. Dress code:…

North Fulton: Magnet For Business

  Wealth in North Fulton is represented by more than rows of palatial executive homes and luxury cars that ply the roadways. The region brings assets to the table that are proving increasingly attractive to companies and new businesses –…

Real Science, Real Impact

  “At a time when statewide employment shrunk – and this has been the worst economic stretch I’ve seen in my lifetime – biotech and life sciences actually grew through the recession,” says Jeff Humphreys, director of the Selig Center,…

Gainesville/Hall County: Keeping It Up

  When Gainesville economic developer Tim Evans an-nounced last summer that 34 new and expanded businesses created 1,140 new jobs and nearly $250 million in capital investment during 2010-2011, it must have seemed like the good old days were back.…

New Direction, New Name

  In the graphic imagination of Dr. Ricardo Azziz, inky, stippled people with forlorn postures merge with fantastic landscapes, an army of ants crawls over a yellow field, tree branches sprout human hands clutching umbrellas, and a faceless man cowers…

Legends: The Right Guard

  The guard that nobody wanted became the guard that everyone wanted. College football scouts said that Maurice Herbert Furchgott, at 155 pounds, was too small to play major college football. The guard they all wanted was the other guard…