New Wines of Georgia Campaign for 2020 The National Wine Agency of Georgia has launched a 2020 campaign to support the promotion of Georgian wines in the UK market. This is the third year of the UK Wines of Georgia campaign. Run by Master of Wine Sarah Abbott and her company Swirl Wine Group, the…
On behalf of the National Wine Agency of Georgia, we are delighted to invite members of the wine trade and press to a trade tasting of Georgian wines on 25th March at Trivet restaurant, London. The general tasting will run from 12pm to 4pm. A masterclass will be presented from 10:30am to 12pm. 2019 was…
In London this week Georgian wine is featured in two importer portfolio tastings this week and a consumer tasting. Leading London on-trade supplier, Berkmann, is showing their new range of wines from Georgian producer Tbilvino at their trade tasting at the Truman Brewery on Tuesday 4th February 2020. Berkmann’s Wine Director, Alex Hunt MW, is…
Is there a red grape more suited to Christmas feasting than Saperavi? This versatile grape can be used to make dry, semi-sweet, full-on sweet, and fortified wines. If you wanted, you could drink nothing but Saperavi with every part of your Christmas meal! It’s a grape of incredible character, balancing refreshing acidity with intense chocolate and…
A little bit of Georgia in Sussex (part 2), by Chris Foss The British Georgian Chamber of Commerce and the Georgian National Wine Agency invited a group of Plumpton students to visit Georgia at their Easter break. At first, the trip was only conceived for eight students, but, in the end, 21 pupils attended,…
Hallgarten & Novum Wines is one of the UK’s leading specialist wine merchants, named European Merchant of the Year in 2019 and 2018, and New World Merchant of the Year 2017 by the Sommelier Wine Awards as well as IWSC Wine Importer of the Year 2018. Understandably, we were very excited to hear that Hallgarten had introduced…
In a quiet corner of Sussex, two cultures have collided. The renowned Plumpton College is playing host to a British first – a cellar or marani of UK-made qvevri wines. Qvevri wines have previously been associated exclusively with Georgia, but the ambition of Henry Mchedlishvili and vision of Chris Foss, recently retired head of the wine department…
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…