Habersham Winery

Cute little gift shop with a wine tasting in the middle of it. Servers seemed to be a little versed. Very educated about the product. Maybe just over the tourist and holiday season.

Just one thing: WINE SLUSHIES! and say less!!

These can be found at Habersham Winery in Alpine Helen along a selection of Georgia produced wines and gourmet foods including imported cheeses and other things perfect for picnics!

This winery is also one of Georgia's oldest and largest wineries and they're open daily for wine tastings.

The gift shop also has so many cute wine related items it was so hard not to want everything. I got a coaster for my little collection and I think it is the cutest one I own.

The staff is super friendly and they help you pick the right wine for you. You can also buy full bottles.

Visit Habersham winery if you're in the area!

ESPAÑOL

Solo tengo una cosa que decir: GRANIZADOS DE VINO!

Estos se pueden encontrar en Habersham Winery en Alpine Helen junto con una selección de vinos producidos en Georgia y comidas gourmet que incluyen quesos importados y otras cosas perfectas para picnics!

Esta bodega es también una de las bodegas más grandes y antiguas de Georgia y está abierta todos los días para catas de vino.

La tienda de regalos también tiene muchos artículos lindos relacionados con el vino que fue difícil no querer todo. Tengo un posavasos para mi pequeña colección y creo que es el más lindo que tengo.

El personal es muy amable y te ayudan a elegir el vino adecuado para ti. También puedes comprar botellas llenas.

¡Visita la bodega Habersham si estás en la zona!

Flavorful tasting and great service! Highly recommend their Merlot and Scarlett if you enjoy red wines. If you're able to visit, ask for Tristan. He was very knowledgeable and welcoming - Thanks Tristan!

Pretty good wine. I wish there were chairs at the tasting bar after all the walking we did. Server felt rushed, and rehearsed nothing outstanding. We enjoined the wine and bought a few bottles.

A drive to destination, but it's not far. The gift selection was stellar! Ended up getting most of my gifts here. Across the street is the Mill and Jumping Goat coffee and tea. Both had great items to purchase! It was too cold to be outside but cute outdoor area too! Friendly and helpful staff!

Don't bother. Skip this and go to their sister winery Creekstone. Habersham wines were not very good, the tasting room dated and reminded be of a Cracker Barrel. Had a couple of locals recommend it - I guess because it is on the main road to Helen it is an easy stop but if you are looking for wineries don't waste time on this one. Try Cenita, Creekstone or Yonah Mtn.

I have been to Helen a million times and never knew this existed . Now i know where my first stop will be every time i come up here ! Definitely worth the tasting and amazing prices to buy a bottle and have a seat outside in the beautiful scenery!

June 2022*

S U M M A R Y
Great bang for your buck with spectacular service! This is the oldest winery in the area so do yourself a favor and visit. It's half the price of most other tastings in the area.

T A S T E
These wines were average in taste but I appreciated getting the opportunity to taste a bubbly red wine which I hadn't before. I also appreciated the way that they split up their menu into the following three areas: dry, semi dry/bubbles, sweet.

I'm a dry wine type gal so I enjoyed the dry wines. I tried 2 bubbly/semi-sweet wines and they were too sweet for me. They had a sweet blackberry wine and since Blackberry is one of my favorite flavors I was enticed to try it. The girl helping us discouraged it just because she said it would probably be too sweet. My sister went ahead and ordered that particular blackberry wine for one of her tastings and I had a sip of hers and once it was definitely enough. It was quite sweet. But tasty.

S E R V I C E
Honestly the service is what bumped up this review from 2 stars to 3 stars. Dana was the person helping us and she was absolutely amazing. She was so welcoming and so friendly, as soon as we walked up to her she had a big smile and was ready to help us and explain to us the process. She did a really good job of explaining each and every wine, where they are grown, where we should taste the wines on our palate and even the best way to get flavor out of the wines.

They had just added a new wine to their tasting list and she gave us a taste of that one for free! So shout out to her.

A M B I E N C E
Seemed like a cute southern shop with a wine bar. The vibe was relaxing, and slow. You didn't feel like you were in a rush to pick any wine, drink your wine, or move out of the way. I really appreciated that after a long day. Everyone was so welcoming. They also had a seating area outside where someone was playing some music and singing songs so of course that was perfect on a sunny summer day.

This place is located right next to a Road so there's not much of a view.

P R I C E
12$ for 5 1 oz pours.

R A T I N G
2 stars off because the wines were average tasting, there's no vineyards or view and it's more of a wine shop than a winery

Bottom line: The atmosphere (4 stars) is better than the wine (3 stars)

There is not much to do other than hike in this area and this winery was a welcomed exception. I loved the covered patio thanks to all the fans swirling. With COVID, I really appreciated that masks were required and they even provided hand sanitizer.

I read rave reviews about the Scarlet wine and the Peach wine. The $10 tasting was a great value except on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend they were already out of 2 of their top wines. Ugh.

You cannot compare this to CA or European wines. It isnt fair. But these wines, even with much grace, aren't good. My fiance and I aren't stuffy wine drinkers. While a glass of wone is totally drinkable, there were no wines that were palatable enough to get through an entire bottle.

Is it worth going for a tasting? Absolutely. For $10, you get 2 oz pours of 5 different wines is worth an hour of your time.

We stopped by here to do a wine tasting while in the area after going to Creekstone Winery.

Here is what we tried:
Vivante Bubbly Blanc (Habersham) - good
Chalet White (Habersham) - a good sweet riesling
GA White Muscadine (Southern Harvest) - just okay; have had much better muscadine wines.
Belle Blush (Southern Harvest) - Good
Peach Treat (Southern Harvest) - a good peach wine, but we definitely have had better peach wines.
Concord (Southern Harvest) - okay
Heritage Red (Southern Harvest) - very good muscadine wine.
Granny's Arbor (Southern Harvest) - a good blackberry wine.
Winemaker's Experiment (Southern Harvest) - our server told us this was one of the most popular wine's. Kevin liked this one, but I did not care for it much, just meh.
Bubbly Blush (Southern Harvest) - this was good, the bubbly version of Belle Blush. I preferred this version more. This is a wine we tried at Creekstone.

Interesting thing to note - they serve their wines and also wines from Southern Harvest and Creekstone Wineries. Southern Harvest no longer has a tasting room in Statesboro, but you can now have them at Habersham or Creekstone wineries. They are now bottled in a building near Creekstone Winery. They were the wines that we enjoyed most. I'm not sure the need to have the some of the wines that Creekstone has though since Habersham is just up the road from Creekstone. They should really point out the same Southern Harvest wines you can taste at Creekstone. It wasn't until I noticed the bottle our server was about to pour that I realized we had already tried some at Creekstone - so I wanted to opt for something different to try then. He did say he should have mentioned that knowing we had come from Creekstone.

Overall though, we only tried two true Habersham wines, while good, we enjoyed the Southern Harvest wines the most. We left with a bottle of the Southern Harvest Heritage Red.

Would recommend if you are in the area just to try, but probably my least favorite winery in the Helen area.