The Many Faces of Georgian Wine
Selected wines from my tastings — a growing collection that will expand with every new discovery. Georgia is not simply another country on the European wine map. In very few places is wine so deeply woven into landscape, memory, and identity. Here, wine is not a lifestyle accessory; it is a cultural language — one that has been spoken continuously for thousands of years. Archaeological evidence places the origins of winemaking in this land some eight millennia ago, making Georgia not only an ancient wine country, but arguably the birthplace of wine itself. The qvevri — large clay vessels buried in the earth — remains the most tangible symbol of that continuity, a technique that has survived not as a museum relic, but as a living, everyday practice. Yet to understand Georgian wine, one must look beyond history and technique. Wine is not reserved for special occasions; it accompanies life in its entirety. It is present at birth and at baptism, at family gatherings and long supras ( t...