Saperavi may be grabbing all the headlines as Georgian wine makes inroads to the UK market. But there’s a white grape we think you need to know about. Rkatsiteli (kat-se-telly) is one of the oldest recorded grape varieties in the world. Clay vessels (early qvevri) have been found with seeds of Rkatsiteli grapes which date…
Caucasian Shepherd dogs guarding Georgia’s wineries make a trip to wine country unlike any other. At the peak of the Gombori mountain pass, travelers find a little hut shrouded in cloud or birdsong, depending on the time of year. For many wine-questing visitors to Kakheti, this coffee house, high above the cloud line, is their…
IWSC Importer of the Year 2018, and highly respected premium on- and off-trade supplier, Hallgarten & Novum’s move to include Georgian wines in their portfolio represents a major cultural shift for Georgia’s international wine making reputation. Steve Daniel, Head of Buying at Hallgarten & Novum Wines was a guest of Wines of Georgia on a…
This walk-around tasting is hosted and promoted by four independent Georgian wine importers: Taste of Georgia; GvinoUK; 8000 Vintages, and Proper Natural Wine. Guests will discover 20 different qvevri wines from across Georgia, as well as exceptional Georgian food from specialist Walnut and Spice. Throughout the afternoon there will be a walk-around tasting with experts…
Gvino UK’s story is reflective of the meteoric rise in popularity of Georgian wine in the UK. Despite only starting to trade in August 2018, Danilo and Anzor have become an important force in both the promotion of Georgian wine direct to consumers, and as importers. Dani’s perpetual grin matches his palpable enthusiasm for his…
Georgia has become internationally known for its qvevri wines, helped in no small part by a swelling global interest in natural wines and orange wines. But did you know that qvevri wines only account for about 1% of Georgia’s total wine production? On the flip side, 70% of the country’s production is sweet and semi-sweet…
In Georgia, “You’ll rarely drink wine without food and rarely eat without wine,” promises Sarah May Grunwald in her Tbilisi guide for Jancis Robinson’s website. If we had our way, the Georgian tradition of ‘supra’ will become the next ‘hygge’. Georgia’s cultural of celebrating anything and everything with lashings of delicious local food and wine…
The newest importer in the Georgian Wines UK stable, Proper Natural Wine isn’t your average wine company. Its founder, Lucy Hewitt, is a relative newcomer to the wine scene with a ‘real’ 9-5 job working as a Creative Producer for Condé Nast. Receiving her first palette of wine only in July 2018, Lucy recounts how…
A Georgian-British love story which has blossomed into an import business. Richard & Eka Cox met and married in London after Eka moved here from her native Georgia in 2002. Training as an accountant and growing their family, Eka was always evangelical about Georgian wine – so much so that she eventually convinced Richard to…
The International Wine Challenge 2019 results show that Georgia is holding its own in the international wine arena. The International Wine Challenge is world renowned for its rigorous assessment practices. Every wine is tasted multiple times by the best palates in the country to determine which wines are a cut above the rest. The volume…