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    • How Georgia assures and improves wine quality
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Making it easier to find Georgian wine – our expanded stockists database

NewsJuly 31, 2020

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…

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Our webinar on 7th August is the latest in the Georgian Wine Series

NewsJuly 28, 2020

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…

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Usakhelouri: the grape with no name

Georgian Wine, News, Red GrapesJuly 17, 2020

Usakhelouri was nearly wiped out by the communists. During Soviet rule, Georgia’s wine industry was geared entirely towards supplying bulk wine to Russia. This policy put Usakhelouri particularly at risk…

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Red or rosé? Try rare and delicious Chkhaveri

Georgian Wine, NewsJuly 9, 2020

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…

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A grape by any other name: Tsitska

Georgian Wine, News, White GrapesJune 25, 2020

If you’re looking for a high-quality, soft and approachable white wine, then look no further than Tsitska. Indeed, in upper and central Imereti, Tsitska is principally used to make sought…

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Nearly wiped out by phylloxera: try rare but resurgent Aladasturi

Georgian Wine, News, Red GrapesJune 19, 2020

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…

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Georgian Wine Series: upcoming digital events

Events, NewsJune 12, 2020

This month we’re kicking off the Georgian Wine Series, a collection of digital events co-hosted by Sarah Abbott MW on behalf of Swirl in the Cloud. The series will feature…

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Tsolikouri vines in Georgia

Tsolikouri: the white grape of Western Georgia

News, Orange wine, White GrapesJune 5, 2020

If Rkatsiteli is the white grape of eastern Georgia, then Tsolikouri is the white grape of western Georgia. Pronounced sol-li-kori, Tsolikouri is planted throughout Imereti. The region is packed with…

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Georgian wine in the UK, and in the cloud – our May 2020 update

NewsMay 30, 2020

In May we launched an initial series of three Virtual Tastings on Georgian Wine, with Swirl in The Cloud. Hosted by Sarah Abbott MW, all three events were fully subscribed…

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Krakhuna: the star of Western Georgia

News, Orange wine, White GrapesMay 29, 2020

In a country overflowing with ancient grape varieties, Krakhuna is one of the oldest. And is happily easier to pronounce than many other Georgian grapes! Indigenous to Imereti in the…

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