Wines of Georgia UK Trade and Press Tasting – POSTPONED
Important Note, as at 16th March 2020: Following the latest advice on public gatherings and the Corona Virus, this event is postponed until later in the year. We will confirm…
Even more Georgia! Opportunities to taste and buy Georgian wine as new importers come on-board
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…
Drink Saperavi this Christmas
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…
A British Qvevri Project: Plumpton students visit Georgia
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…
Interview: Steve Daniel, Head of Buying for Hallgarten
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…
A British Qvevri Project: qvevri winemaking at Plumpton
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…
Rkatsiteli: Georgia’s workhorse grape
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 that a wolf in the vines?
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…
Major importer Hallgarten introduces Georgian wine listings
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…
3 ways the Qvevri festival is a one-stop introduction to Georgian culture
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…