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instruction. The fitness center had three training areas and director Diana Severson can help with personal training structured to the individual’s needs. There are three pools—a 75-meter competition pool that serves as home to the Sugarloaf Sharks, a leisure pool with a water slide and a baby pool. You’ll also find childcare and a series of camps during the summer. Another big part of the club’s social program
revolves around its food and beverage facilities. The club is especially proud of its wine collection and how it fits into the big picture. There were no special wine activities occurring during my visit, but the club hosts as many as eight wine dinners and four other wine mixers during the year. It offers Kent James, regional director of food and beverage, and assistant Jacob Staffin a chance to show off the club’s extensive collection. The two men, both in the process of passing an examination that will see them become certified sommeliers, are proud of the depth and quality of the club’s wine cellar.
The wine dinners feature a six-course meal and wine for only $100. These events are limited to only 50 guests and typically sell out in a hurry. The wines are normally chosen to accent a particular vineyard, wine maker or geographic region. The meal is then married to the style of wine to make the experience complete. “No one is going to leave one of our wine dinners and not say, ‘I love our club,’ ” Staffin said. The club is particularly proud of its red burgundy selections from France, especially the 1983 Corton Bressandes Grand Cru, which has limited availability. The club also features Screaming Eagle, a limited cabernet sauvignion from Napa Valley at one-third the cost charged by one of Atlanta’s most popular restaurants. Staffin said the prices are kept low as a benefit to the members. “We see the whole department as an amenity to membership,” he said.
James said the key to the wine collection is in the relationships that have been built over the years with distributors and wine makers. Sometimes the connections begin through contacts and introductions from club members.
“Building relationships is how you can gain access to what’s held in their cellars,” James said.
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Members use the clubhouse to host both business and social gatherings .
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