Chateau Elan's Vineyard Fest August 27th Sold Out.BRASELTON, Ga. -- Chateau Elan Chateau Elan is the largest winery in Georgia[1] and is located in Braselton, 40 miles (0 km) north of Atlanta. It was founded in 1982 by Dr. Don Panoz who came from the pharmaceutical industry. Winery win·er·y n. pl. win·er·ies An establishment at which wine is made. Noun 1. winery - distillery where wine is made wine maker & Resort's 9th annual Vineyard Fest on Saturday, August 27, 2005 is completely sold out. No tickets will be sold at the main gate. A maximum of 2,000 tickets at $42 each for Vineyard Fest were snapped up via advance ticket sales policy only. Last year some 4,000 were in attendance for Vineyard Fest by noon and the resort had to turn away an estimated 1,500-2,000 cars. Henk Evers, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Chateau Elan Hotels & Resorts said, "While we appreciated the tremendous response in 2004, we want the wine tasting Noun 1. wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place wine tasting n → degustación f de vinos and food experience to be much more comfortable and enjoyable for our guests and have limited this year's Vineyard Fest attendance to a maximum of 2,000." In 2005 Chateau Elan initiated an advance ticket sales only policy to limit attendance to insure the event would provide a most memorable experience for attending guests. The cost of $42 per person was all-inclusive. Tickets were $15 last year (but parking, food and activities were extra). The festival will include wine tasting with over 100 premium wines poured from international, national and Georgia wineries, plus winery tours, food & wine seminars, grape stomping and live music. A delicious array of foods from Chateau Elan's seven restaurants prepared by Executive Chef Joseph Truex, (a James Beard Foundation The James Beard Foundation is a New York-based national professional non-profit organization named in honor of James Beard that serves to promote the culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals, journalists, and cookbook authors at annual award ceremonies and providing honoree) are part of the all-inclusive festival package. |
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