Emzar Vasadze, the owner of the Tbilisi 8000 Vintages wine shop has gotten into the qvevri wine biz and the wines are good! The rkatsiteli had some mouse, but not... read more →
Papari means “horse,” hence the horses on the label. But that’s the least of the information you need on this wine. What is important is the taste. Discreet saperavi, on... read more →
Birthed from the coupling of Laura (from the Jura) and Niki (aka The Skinny Buddha) from Manavi come two new fascinating wines from Georgia. The red, Tsigani Gogo, is a... read more →
The first wine I drank recently in Tbilisi was this beautiful specimen from John Okroshvili’s sister, Jenny. Thought to be the offspring of rkatsiteli and mtsvane, kisi has bizarrely been... read more →
Shavkapito is most definitely a Georgian sentimental favorite but until I tried this particular bottling, I’ve been impervious to its charms. Fermented and aged in qvevri in the old-fashioned way,... read more →
On first sip, this wine earned my double-take. What the hell is that? And then it just got more and more fascinating. Destemmed and pressed off after eight days of... read more →
Tako Juruli (Zhuka) and Zura Sanodze (Sano) stumbled upon an old house in Telavi and thought they’d put the vineyard and marani to use. They tapped the right people to... read more →
Even though based in Australia, Mitchell Sokolin and Boris Portnoy have planted grapes in Kakheti where they are building a marani. While work is underway, they are buying organic grapes and making... read more →
Michael Chonishvili became a full-time winemaker in 2015 and works his two hectares in the Kurdghelauri village, near Telavi's Tsinandali micro-zone. All of the wines I've tasted wines are gorgeous... read more →
Pheasant’s Tears 2020s are glowing and this Mtsvane riveted me. Of late, Gela and John have been less religious about traditional six-to-eight-month skin contact and this could be exhibit 1... read more →