Category Archives: Orange wine

Qvevri wines taking center stage

Georgian Wine, News, Orange wineBy Celia Bryan Brown May 4, 2019

Georgia is a small country, but the climatic and topographic variation is huge. You can find a spot to grow almost anything in Georgia, from tea to walnuts. (It’s one reason the country has been coveted by hungry and much larger neighbours throughout history.) Every wine style is possible in Georgia, but the one that’s really…

Archaeologists find earliest evidence of winemaking in Georgia

News, Orange wineBy sarah December 1, 2017

New findings from a research project conducted by an international team of scientists have confirmed that the beginnings of viticulture and winemaking can be traced to around 6000 B.C., in Georgia. Image courtesy of: Early Neolithic Wine of Georgia in the South Caucasus Previous evidence suggested that the earliest signs of winemaking dated to around 5400 –…