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Behind the winespeak If you really want to know your Alsace from your Elbling here is a sideways squint at the real meaning beneath the language of wine… ABC -…
Behind the winespeak If you really want to know your Alsace from your Elbling here is a sideways squint at the real meaning beneath the language of wine… ABC -…
Favourite Qvevri The clay jar on which I left my steaming wet pawprints at Makatubani, signed but not sealed with a loving set of dabs. Favourite unpronounceable grape Favourite Monastery…
As well as places for retreat, prayer and ascetic contemplation, monasteries have historically been associated with, amongst other disciplines and crafts, reading, writing, scientific research, farming and winemaking. Telavi Monastery…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…