Of Qvevri and Chinuri: Part 2 (“Feats of Clay”)
DAY 3 – PART 2 “Feats of Clay” Suffused with bonhomie and with the lingering whiff of cha-cha in our nostrils the intrepid travellers said their fond adieus to Iago…
Of Qvevri & Chinuri: Part 1
Day 3 – part 1 13:00-14:00 - Wine tasting and Lunch at Iago’s wine cellar in village of Chardakhi read the itinerary. The meagre description could never do justice to…
“Gaumarjos!” Cheers to Georgia
Day 1 Salobie AKA “The Bean Place” Let’s talk beans. Beans, mountain-style from Mtskheta about 15 km from Tbilisi. Street food which puts the gorge into gorgeous Georgia and the…
The Shock of the Old: A Journey Into The New Georgia
I’m at home having a “madeleine episode”, prompted by drinking/guzzling Iago Bitarshavili’s Chinuri (Skin Contact) out of a clay drinking bowl. This bowl has recently been the repository for olives…
Qvevri Thing You Do Is Magic
I have just returned from Georgia after a five day trip organised by the Qvevri Symposium. It was a whirlwind tour, visiting growers and being present at the opening of…
Did you know…
Our list... for nerd-do-wells: Did you know that... *We list no fewer than 30 rosés including ones from Morocco, Lebanon, Australia as well as a further 10 pink champagnes or…
Meet the New List
NEW LIST FOR OLD Meet the new list, not quite the same as the old list! Here are some of the highlights. Our buying team has been toiling and moiling…
The Gray Area
(Continued from previous post, 7 Steps to Natural Disambiguity) Critics would argue that there is a vast middle ground of entirely rational intervention which creates technically stable and terroir-accented wine…