Montaluce Winery Winter Schedule

Some of the wineries close for the winter months but Montaluce will be open based on their winter schedule shown below.

January 1, 2010 Closed for the day

January 2, 2010 ~ February 13, 2010
Tasting Room & Wine Sales
Open from Noon to 5PM daily
Dining Room
Lunch Thursday ~ Sunday 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Dinner Friday & Saturday 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

February 14, 2010 forward
Tasting Room & Wine Sales
Open from Noon to 5:00 PM daily

Dining Room
Lunch Tuesday ~ Sunday 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Dinner Friday ~ Sunday 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Check their web site for more information.

Yoga at Montaluce Winery 1/16/2010

Stay with us and join Carolina & Chris Sartain of the Lotus Lounge Yoga Studio in Dahlonega for a day of yoga and meditation and yoga at Montaluce on January 16th. Participants will learn about the chakra system, experience a 90 minute hatha yoga session, and have a one hour meditation session. Montaluce will provide a 3 course lunch and winery tour included in the package price. Wine with your meal and wine tastings are available for an additional fee. Total price for the day is $75. For more information please contact Carolina Sartain at carosartain@yahoo.com

Electricity From Used Vegetable Oil?

Several years ago I read about the problems restaurants faced with the disposal of used cooking oil. If you have ever parked behind a fast food eatery you may have noticed a dumpster area for trash disposal as well as a container for storing used vegetable oil. The area is often tucked away behind the building to prevent the public from seeing and smelling the waste. Restaurants pay companies to haul away the solid and liquid waste.

I also learned many years ago that the diesel engine was invented by Adolf Diesel to run on peanut oil to help farmers with an affordable fuel source. Most diesel fuel now is petroleum based. Individuals can still run their diesel vehicles on vegetable oil by using a Grease Car type system or by converting the vegetable oil to biodiesel which requires a process and equipment using chemicals. I have always wanted to purchase a used diesel automobile and convert it to veggie oil. Imagine free fuel that is also good for the environment.

Recently I have been thinking about generating electricity with used vegetable oil from restaurants using a diesel generator. I was surprised to see that a company has developed such a product for restaurants to generate electricity and hot water from used oil (picture shown above). The unit even filters the waste oil prior to using it to generate electricity and hot water. The product is called the Vegawatt Power System. For more information visit web site.

Christmas Carol Playing at the Holly Theater

Come stay with us during December and see Charles Dickens’ heartwarming family favorite, A Christmas Carol on the Holly Theatre stage. Bah! Humbug! It’s Christmas Eve and the meanest and most cold-hearted man in London, Ebenezer Scrooge has no time for merriment or mistletoe. But just as the clock strikes midnight his world turns around when he is haunted by his former partner and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to show him the way to live a better, more charitable and happier life. Will Scrooge change his ways in time for Christmas Day?

Shows are Thursday through Sunday for the first 3 weekends in December(Dec 3-6, 10-13and 17-20) Thurs, Fri, and Sat at 8:00 PM and Sun at 2:00PM