Battle of the Wines is a light-hearted and engaging series of videos created by “Winey People” in Australia. Each episode sees two wine experts or producers pick two wines (one…
“…the magical name of Georgia came up constantly. People who had never been there, and who possibly never could go there, spoke of Georgia with a kind of longing and…
Georgians delight in wine and welcome. This famously hospitable nation is developing a serious reputation for enotourism. Tbilisi is already an established stop on the hip hotels circuit, but out…
John Baker is an entrepreneur in Australian wine, having developed a number of fine wine stores in the affluent suburbs of Sydney. In 1999, he was introduced to an apparently…
by Sarah Abbott MW My friend and fellow MW, Kenichi Ohashi, told me some time ago that Georgian amber qvevri wine was a sensational combination with top sushi and sashimi.…
Jani was very nearly lost to the phylloxera outbreak of the late 19th century. How appropriate that the name ‘Jani’ means ‘powerful’ – because it took great power and determination…
The range and diversity of Georgian wine available in the UK has soared in recent months, as small specialist importers expand their customer base, and as large national distributors add…
We have a few spaces remaining for the latest webinar in the Swirl in The Cloud series featuring Georgian Wines. The next event is a webinar on 7th August at…
Chkhaveri is a rare but fascinating grape. It was originally a “maghlari” vine, trained to grow up trees, and was described in Ampelography of Georgia as ‘light and pleasant’. Published in…
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…