Through a classmate who moved here from Georgia (the country), I was introduced and have been really impressed Georgian wine (but also the food). I'm also learning that it's becoming more of a travel destination, partly for that very reason ... the quality of the wine. I was introduced to both the food and the wine at a great restaurant in NYC.
If anyone has been and has any recommendations, I'll go next year and would love to check out some wineries while I'm there. Also, if anyone happened to write on Georgia for their final paper, any insights are greatly appreciated.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-country-of-georgia-the-next-great-wine-destination-1460045910
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-trips/best-fall-trips-2016/best-fall-trips-kakheti-province-georgia-wine/
http://odahouse.com/
http://odahouse.com/menu/drinks/
Georgia has some of the earliest Neolithic wines discovered in recent excavations and some of the wine connoisseurs are already calling Georgia as the cradle of wines in the near future. Wine is central to the Georgian culture and infact the very word wine has its roots in the Georgian word ' ghvivili' that means to ferment. Georgia has almost 525 varieties of grapes and export of its wines to US and China have increased by 43% And 104% over the last 2 years. Georgia is unique in production of the quevri wines though the volumes are not large enough to support the market demand for these wines. Consumers the world over are in quest for wines with wonderful stories and what can be better than wines with History, tradition and genuine stories to back them in GeorgiaThe wine potential is huge and is increasingly being met. The unique proposition of Georgian wines is that they have thousands of years of unbroken wine tradition, hundreds of native varieties, diverse wine styles, and a wide range of price points. In fact, Georgia doesn’t really do large volumes of low-cost wine in the way that Romania can, or that Moldova could do. The terrain is too mountainous, and the grip of the indigenous varieties is too strong. Georgia’s positioning is more like New Zealand in terms of price and quantity. It has varieties that are not found anywhere else not to mention the famous Qvevri wines, which are a specialist wine style with niche but powerfully emotional appeal.
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