Tag: qvevri

Georgia is the cradle of wine

Georgia confirmed as the cradle of wine

A Rose by any other name is Rkatsiteli?

Rkatsiteli Vardo, rare grape from Kakheti made by Chateau Khashmi

Wine Wednesday: Gurian flavor, Imereti style

Gaioz Sopromadze’s 2009 Chkhaveri wine tasting. Georgian wine

This Week in Georgian Food, Wine, Travel and Culture News: Week of 23/02-01/03

Week of 23/02-01/03 Over 500 Artists to Perform at GEM Fest 2017 in Georgia GEM Fest is a month long EDM festival held in Anklia for the third time. At the time of publication, only 15% of artists had been announced, but more than 500 artists are expected to perform. More information about the event […]

Top Five Non Georgian Qvevri Wine Producers

Wine has been made in qvevri in the Caucasus for over 8000 years, and as Georgian qvevri wine is enjoying the limelight internationally, it should be no surprise that this technology that links us back to our neolithic ancestors has found its way to International soil. Winemakers around the world have become so interested in […]

Why Georgia?

By Sarah May Grunwald Considering the long hiatus I’ve taken from blogging here, I had to ask for advice from a writers’ group I’m in. Projects, life, art, work… they’ve all gotten in the way of writing about Georgia, and distractions aside I find it difficult to write about Georgia anyway because Georgia is so […]

Eko Glonti of Lagvinari Part 1

“Gaumarjos!” Victory! To Georgia!” The ubiquitous Georgian host breaks bread and all around the table are satiated and happy. Why not? It’s been a stimulating evening of conversations and arguments. An evening, it feels, that’s been repeated many times over the last year or so. There’s that infamous tablecloth, the high ceilings, the rooms full […]

The Best Wine Bars in Tbilisi

Georgia’s capital city, Tbilisi, is a fun and exciting city for travellers to enjoy its rich tapestry of colliding cultures, eat fantastic Georgian cuisine and drink wine from all of Georgia’s wine regions. As the capital of the land that gave us wine 8000 years ago, it’s no surprise that Tbilisi offers up some of […]

Pét Nat Craze Hits Georgia

  Living dangerously. Iago opens his first sparkling wine Natural wine aficionados will no doubt be familiar with the term “Pét Nat” which is short for Pétillant Natural, a style of sparkling wine otherwise known as Methode Ancestrale, a traditional style of sparkling wine production that dates back centuries, a style of wine that is […]

Rare Georgian Wines at the 2015 New Wine Festival in Tbilisi

“Other Varieties” I attended the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 Tbilisi New Wine Festival on the 8th of May as a guest of the Georgian Wine Club. The stunning views over the city from the hosting Funicular Restaurant were certainly magnificent, a perfect choice to open this now annual event. This year’s theme was “Other […]