With more than 500 grape varieties and eight millennia of viticulture history, Georgia is one of the most up and coming wine producing countries in the world. Welcome to the wonderful world of Georgian wine. Georgian wine isn’t only unique due to its drinking rituals and its significant number of indigenous grape varieties, but also thanks to its production method. The traditional Qvevri winemaking method is up 8000 years old and is still in use. Cité des Civilisations Du Vin in Bordeaux, France hosted the exhibition “Georgia – the Cradle of Wine”. Georgia was the first invited country to the Cité des Civilisations Du Vin in Bordeaux. Within the framework of the exhibition, unique archeological and ethnographic samples from the Georgian National Museum were presented, confirming that Georgia is the country of the most ancient wine civilization. Qvevri jars which is made with clay is in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage listing. Although it ac...
It’s Thursday evening. I am leaving office at 6:30 pm to pack for a three-day track in Lagodekhi Protected Areaswith my husband, Oto and my colleague, Ruska. It’s been one year since my spinal surgery, so I am nervous how my waist will react to a long, hard and exhausting 50 Km trail which leads to a Black Rock Lake at 3,000 meters above the sea level.
