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Posted By: Bill Liss On July 1, the growing Georgia wine industry enters in a new era.

They are as much a part of the show as Tiger and Phil...the flowers on the golf course. via WJBF-TV Augusta

“We get that request all the time, say we can't and lose the money.”

However, a bill passed Thursday by the Georgia House would allow Georgia wineries to ship up to 12 cases of wine a year to an individual. via The Times

“We're just doing our homework on how to make ethanol so it will be beneficial as a source of fuel for this area”

For years, environmentalists have been hard at work trying to find a solution to the problem of a decreasing supply of oil. via Clayton Tribune

Side Dish My cure for the post-snow doldrums: a culinary getaway in the North Georgia mountains Sigh. via Atlanta Magazine

“It's something that is studied in both middle school and high school”

Just as Renaissance-era architects, painters and mathematicians buzzed with intellectual and artistic activity, students in Rabun Youth Inc., hummed through the center Monday creating colorful props and ... via Clayton Tribune

From Clayton, head west on Highway 76 West about eight miles, turning right onto Persimmon Road . via Clayton Tribune

“He's a very good people person”

Rabun County Sheriff Don Page makes a call Monday morning on his radio. Page, who has served as sheriff for 23 years, is set to begin his last year in office. via Clayton Tribune

“None of these witnesses would come forward to say he was less safe to drive”

Superior Court Judge James E. Cornwell pleaded no contest Nov. 29 in Habersham County State Court to three traffic charges stemming from his Sept. via Clayton Tribune

“There ain't no work. You can see companies that you've never seen in this county before”

Kirk Perteet, owner of Gotta Go Portable Toilets & Septic Tank Pumping in Tiger, walks through and talks about his lot full of unrented toilets. via Clayton Tribune

“I would like to see the high school completed”

The Candidates Hardy, Vickery Square Off In Race For Mayor A record six seats are being contested in next Tuesday's city elections. via Jackson Herald

“When their grades come home to us, we already have a good idea of their scores”

For some students, good grades are like money in the bank, literally. Report cards are headed home in the next week or so for Gainesville and Hall County students, and in some households, that means it's time ... via The Times

The North Oconee Titans football squad scored 43 points and restricted the host Rabun County Wildcats to 13 in the Titans non-league victory on Friday. via MaxPreps

Grapevine is a sampling of comments and observations on a variety of timely topics submitted by readers of The Daily Times. via Daily Times

“It made me feel like I could go higher.”

Rabun County Middle School eighth-grader Ashley Shirley, right, and seventh-grader Courtney Setzer work together to climb a Jacob's ladder apparatus as a fellow classmate attempts to scale a climbing wall in ... via Clayton Tribune