Nearly wiped out by phylloxera: try rare but resurgent Aladasturi
Aladasturi is a famous grape in Georgia, oft quoted in Georgian folklore and literature. The vine species appears in a number of Georgian poems, novel, songs, proverbs and sayings, though, as with most other Georgian grape varieties, written evidence of Aladasturi doesn’t exist. The grape is named for its presumed origin the village of Aladast, in…