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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
This gorgeous, lemony krakhuna originated from the vines near Ramaz’s, it was a nice surprise because I know Zaza as the maker of silky and ultimately delicious ojaleshi. Look for... read more →
What a gorgeous pet’nat this is. It’s a blend of red (60% tavkveri) and white grapes (40% chinuri), so who knows why it’s called a tavkveri, but who cares. Born... 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 →
If you can’t find an underground bar, drink something vinified in the ground. Gosh, I love this jumping bean-like saperavi, shot through with flower power and clay. This is from... read more →
Was first taken with this wine when tasted at The Real Wine Fair in London. Going a little quiet now, but still waxy and earthy with a begonia-like velvet texture.... read more →