VIDALIA — The Vidalia onion. Beloved across the country — so much so that it garnered a $200 million farm gate value in 2022 — but only grown in 20 counties surrounding the town of Vidalia ...

It was the first day set by the Georgia Department of Agriculture that the oh so delicious Vidalia onion could be packaged and sold. Fried onion ring lovers unite. BLTs can be taken to the next level.

A Vidalia onion is a hybrid varietal of the Granex, a sweet and mild onion, named specifically for the county in Georgia where it was first grown. According to Shuman, it was discovered by accident.

Lee Mayfield, who launched Decatur-based Murrell’s Row Spirits in 2015 with partners Bo Brown and Nathan Evick, said they were “so inspired by the classic Gibson martini and dirty martini that we ...