Chateau Elan winemaker's wines win over 70 awards in just two years

BRASELTON - Château Élan has been making wine in North Georgia for three decades, but it is Simone Bergese who has launched the Winery into a whole new era. <br /> <br /> Bergese joined the winery as executive winemaker in 2012, and with him came a vision. <br /> <br /> Though he joined a winery whose image was shadowed by that of a successful resort, he saw its potential. With a winery renovation to complement his more than two decades of winemaking experience, he pledged to transform the Chateau Elan Winery into something worthy of its own spotlight