Georgia - homeland of wine
The history of wine production in Georgia is more than 8 thousand years which makes it “the cradle of the world winemaking”.
Namely in Georgia there were found the most ancient evidences of winemaking existence. Even from the point of view of linguistics, there is an opinion that the word “wine” in the different languages has the common root – the Georgian word “ghvino”.
The number of autochthonous, local grapes varieties, of which there are more than 500 species is surprisingly diverse. At the same time the winemaking regions are not similar to each other: some of them are situated in the fruitful valleys, while others are high in the mountains. The climate of the country also varies from subtropical to alpine. The soils of Georgia are no less diverse: loam soils, limestone, black soil, slate, somewhere stony and sandy.
Regions and varieties diversity gives rise to the broadest range of wines made by Georgian winemakers. At the same time there are used as international and highly widespread methods and techniques as peculiar only to this region, traditional and unique (kvevri).
wine regions
The location of Georgia in various climatic and natural conditions gives rise to a huge variety of wine-making regions, grape varieties growing there and wine produced.
The location of Georgia in various climatic and natural conditions gives rise to a huge variety of wine-making regions, grape varieties growing there and wine produced.
Georgia is centred between Europe and Asia, washed at the Westby Black Sea that favours humid and warm climate, and unbound at its northern part by high Caucasian mountains that protect the country from the cold Northern winds. Namely this mix forms the exceptional multiplicity of climate conditions in the different regions of Georgia.
Unique grapes
In Georgia there are significantly more than 500 grapes varieties that makes the country a unique region. There are ubiquitous varieties such as Rkatsiteli and Saperavi, and there are extremely rare varieties found in a single form in certain regions of Georgia.
technology
Originality and diversity of grapes varieties demand different technologies for creation of wines with its own character and image. There are exceptional technologies in Georgia, having as a base kvevri – a big clay vessel dug in the earth where the fermentation is held. There can be marked out Kakheti, Imereti and Racha-Lechkhumi methods.
Special wines
Special Wines From Georgia
The diversity of kinds and production methods in Georgia gives opportunity of create absolutely different wines by their characteristics and conditions. A huge variety of wines, often completely unknown outside the region of production is made in accordance with family traditions and from the own grapes. But there are wines well-known all over the world.
