The Republic of Georgia producers about 100 million liters annually. This barely places them in the Top 25 of wine producing countries and given that about 75% of this total is white wine, you can be forgiven for not being aware of their native red grape Saperavi. It’s believed to have originated from the eastern Kakheti Region and it is most certainly no Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, or even Carignan on the world wine stage. Saperavi has two big things going for it however. Silly as it may sound, the first […]

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