Montaluce Winery & Restaurant

Montaluce Winery & Restaurant Restaurant Review:

About the restaurant: North Georgia’s wineries are developing their own mark, growing not only classic grapes but also hybrids. At Montaluce Winery, Italian --- specifically Tuscan --- influences framed the architectural language, so the buildings’ stone walls and hipped roofs evoke a land devoted to wine and food. From the dining room’s vast windows, patrons savor a view of vineyards that roll across the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Food & Drinks: Montaluce’s wine is made using both estate-grown and California-sourced grapes. These are the only wines served at the restaurant. Mains might range from shrimp bisque pasta to deconstructed shepherd's pie to pan-seared duck with stone black cherry gastrique. If the pound cake with lemon curd is offered for dessert, jump on it.