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This is a reprint of the original article that ran on November 25th, 2019. While having been to Georgia on many trips at that point, this was something different as the owners were more focused... more »
This is a reprint of the original article that ran on November... more »
“Would you like to go see our vineyard?” After many visits to Georgian wineries, it was the first time I’d had this question posed by a winemaker in this, “The Cradle of Wine”. Many recent... more »
“Would you like to go see our vineyard?” After many visits to... more »
There are few countries such as Georgia which are both widely-covered in media, yet still remain incredibly misunderstood. Whether it’s the incorrect attribution to a Ray Charles song in order to be “cutesy” or the... more »
There are few countries such as Georgia which are both widely-covered in... more »
There exists two spellings of name for the ancient Georgian clay pot used to aged their wines in the traditional manner: Kvevri and Qvevri. The first is the correct spelling and the second is an... more »
There exists two spellings of name for the ancient Georgian clay pot... more »
Given my living location and writing focus I’m viewed as a “Spain person” for the Decanter Awards. This is great and I’m very happy to judge these wines but I made a mention to the... more »
Given my living location and writing focus I’m viewed as a “Spain... more »
For those immersed in the wine world, Georgian wines have been on fire for some time, so much so that most editors I work with don’t even want new articles about the country and its... more »
For those immersed in the wine world, Georgian wines have been on... more »
June marked the release of the new Georgian wine book and meant a trip over to Georgia for a presentation at their annual wine fair in Tbilisi. It also meant that we’d be able to... more »
June marked the release of the new Georgian wine book and meant... more »
This is an expanded excerpt from the new Georgian wine book Red wines in Georgia–whether aged in kvevri, barrel, tank, or what have you–are indeed some take on the color we all know as “red”... more »
This is an expanded excerpt from the new Georgian wine book Red... more »
While traversing across all of Georgia for a new wine book, I saw many things and then, when I arrived to the “Ancestral Wine Cellar” in Kakheti, I saw a few more. The Sagvareulo family... more »
While traversing across all of Georgia for a new wine book, I... more »
Despite being in the top 25 producers in the world according to OIV statistics, with around 100 million liters of production a year, Georgia is not one of the world’s largest winemaking countries. What makes... more »
Despite being in the top 25 producers in the world according to... more »