A Roswell wine lover is hoping to bring a taste of Napa to North Fulton.
Dana Gurela is planning to open Deep Roots Wine Market & Tasting Room at 1055 Canton St. this May.
Deep Roots will feature wines exclusively from California with a range of price points. Guerla, a certified California wine appellation specialist and sommelier, will be often be on hand to discuss vintages and varieties, and the tasting room will offer self-guided wine tours via Napa Technology wine pouring stations. Customers can sample 1-, 3- or 6-oz. pours of 24 wines with a reloadable pre-paid swipe card, and buy bottles -- including hard-to-find varieties -- to take home.
Yvonne Zusel
Yvonne Zusel
Hungry? Deep Roots customers can order food from the menu of Plum Cafe, located next door, and have it delivered to the tasting room.
The design will feature a "California coastal" vibe from California interior designer Tara Fust.
"We want to take the stuffiness and pretense out of the wine sampling and purchasing process," Gurela said in a press release.
She said the name for the business comes from two sources: that the best wines are made from "distressed" vines that burrow into the earth for water and nutrients, and her return to her "roots" in Georgia to be near family.
A Gwinnett County native, Gurela spent five years living and studying in California wine country, eventually working as a hospitality and wine educator with Eleven Eleven Winery in Napa Valley before coming back to Georgia.
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