{"id":13170,"date":"2024-01-14T13:23:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=13170"},"modified":"2024-01-31T09:13:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T03:43:29","slug":"item_6_945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_6_945\/","title":{"rendered":"K.I.S.S. Georgia- the Cradle of Wine in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13170\" class=\"elementor elementor-13170\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tPosted: Sunday, 14 January 2024 12:40\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4aea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4aea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.facebook.com%2Fdocs%2Fplugins%2F&#038;width=450&#038;layout&#038;action&#038;size&#038;share=false&#038;height=35&#038;appId\" width=\"450\" height=\"35\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9669605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9669605\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b62f3ec\" data-id=\"b62f3ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e78f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e78f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<h1 class=\"articlepagetitle_heading\"><span style=\"color: #9900000;\">Wine Travels Feature: <\/span>K.I.S.S. Georgia- the Cradle of Wine in Europe<\/h1>\n<div class=\"articlepageintroline\">Jan 14: Georgia, an East European country, known to be the oldest wine producer in the world with 7000-8000 year of wine history is truly a country where wine is tradition, religion, culture and is de facto a quintessential part of their cuisine. Subhash Arora re-visited the country last month and shares his experience visiting the Capital Tbilisi and Winery Khareba in two of the regions and found it an excellent wine destination, especially for Indian travelers who would savour their wines and find them affordable, and blows them a K.I.S.S. \u2013 Keep It Simple Subhash<\/div>\n<div class=\"articledata\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.15.09.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13216 size-medium\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.15.09-300x159.jpeg\" alt=\"Vladimer Kublashvili with one of the Kharebava brother owners - Aleksandre at the Tbilisi headquarters\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.15.09-300x159.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.15.09-1024x543.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.15.09-768x408.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.15.09-1536x815.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.15.09.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vladimer Kublashvili with one of the Kharebava brother owners &#8211; Aleksandre at the Tbilisi headquarters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First time I went to Georgia in 2014, many people asked me if I was going to Atlanta- the Capital of the state of Georgia in the US. When I visited this erstwhile Russian- controlled Georgian nation last month, a much lesser number of people asked me the same question. One of the reasons could be that a direct flight was started this year by Indigo mid last year, piquing their interest. The other important reason could be that no visa is required for those with a valid visa to the US, UK or Schengen.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Georgia is fast becoming the \u2018Flavour of the Month\u2019 for Indians who have been itching to travel to any country after Covid and find it easy and rewarding to visit this \u2013Visa-free country (in any case, visa is available online).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.16.49.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13177\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.16.49-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Georgian wines from Winery Khareba at Lunch\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.16.49-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.16.49-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.16.49-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.16.49-1536x866.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.16.49.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Georgian wines from Winery Khareba at Lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One thing that has not changed in Georgia is the political situation. When I visited it the first time, people dreaded Russia \u2018gobbling them up\u2019. That fear does not seem to have lessened. If at all, there is more of that insecure feeling after the Russia- Ukraine war, though the oldest wine producing country in the world, has applied to become a member of the European Union and its application was accepted on 14 December, when I was there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.17.41.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13178\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.17.41-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Tbilisi in the evening\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-sitemapexclude=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.17.41-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.17.41-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.17.41-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.17.41-1536x866.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.17.41.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tbilisi in the evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Georgia is a former Soviet republic that\u2019s home to Caucasus Mountain villages and Black Sea beaches. It is a country at the intersection of Europe-a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and West Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia has 80% terrain full of mountains. The small country with a population of 3.7 million, less than the whole of South Delhi, has Russia on the north with Armenia in the South. Azerbaijan (Capital- Baku) in the Southeast provides the road link to Tehran, and Turkey to its Southwest. Lari (GEL) is the official currency (1\u20ac=2.9 GELs\/Lari). Incidentally, this is one country where no commission is charged on currency exchange and the difference in buying\/ selling rates is less than 0.5%. Money can be exchanged freely at multi-points in all parts of Tbilisi, the Capital and other towns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_622.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Wine and Food Travel: Qvevri Wine Making Tradition of Georgia<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Qvevri Boom<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.19.48.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13180\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.19.48-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Tasting Saperavi - the flagship grape of Georgia that is loved by Indian palates\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.19.48-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.19.48-578x1024.jpeg 578w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.19.48.jpeg 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tasting Saperavi &#8211; the flagship grape of Georgia that is loved by Indian palates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Georgia is ostensibly the oldest country in the world making wine, going back to over 8000 years, though Armenia also lays claim to be the oldest and Italy not far behind. The traditional style of winemaking is based on the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_622.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">quevri<\/span><\/a>, the special shaped earthen pots that are buried into the ground so that they are hidden from the naked eye.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.21.16.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13184\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.21.16-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Range of Georgia wines from Winery Khareba\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.21.16-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.21.16-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.21.16-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.21.16-1536x866.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.21.16.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Range of Georgia wines from Winery Khareba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>White wines made in this process have an amber colour and develop nutty shades of flavour of almond, walnut or even dried apple. The long maceration in contact with grape seeds also adds the tannins that have the nourishing anthocyanins. Georgians call leaving the wine on the skins as \u2018leaving it with the mother\u2019 and believe that wines made in a qvevri have more soul.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.22.58.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13185\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.22.58-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Quevries dug into the ground\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.22.58-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.22.58-577x1024.jpeg 577w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.22.58-768x1362.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.22.58-866x1536.jpeg 866w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.22.58.jpeg 902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quevries dug into the ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Qvevris produce wine which is more earthy and fuller in body and flavours, especially the white wines. \u2018Acquired Taste\u2019 is the word most apt for these wines. But for those looking for a change or wine with a personality-&nbsp;wine with a soul, qvevri wines offer an exciting alternative. Thus Georgian wines come the closest to making natural wine or \u2018orange\u2019 wine as the world has termed them. Most Georgian take umbrage to the use of the word and distinctly prefer to term it as \u2018Amber\u2019 wine due to the colour of the white wine fermented\/stored in Quevries.<\/p>\n<p>Like everywhere else in Georgia, there has been a sudden boom in the qvevri wines after the Heritage Status granted to the traditional process by <a href=\"https:\/\/ich.unesco.org\/doc\/src\/18756.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">UNESCO<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s also good for wine tourism which is on the increase.<\/p>\n<p>However, during both my visits to Georgia, I found a minimal usage of quevries in production. Though many modern wineries have a few quevries producing wine, their use is minimal. During the first day of my visit, I met <strong>Vladimer Kublashvili<\/strong> at the corporate headquarters of <strong>Winery Khareba<\/strong> in Tbilisi along with one of the two brother partners, Aleksandre.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.24.39.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13190\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.24.39-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Tasting Quevry red wine from the clay cup--- ummm delicious !\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.24.39-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.24.39-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.24.39-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.24.39-1024x1365.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-01-14-at-13.24.39.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tasting Quevry red wine from the clay cup&#8212; ummm delicious !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vladimer is the epitome of winemaking in Georgia. The Deputy General Manager of Khareba is a professional winemaker with years of experience overseas, including getting a Wine MBA. A brilliant winemaker, an international wine judge, he has several administrative duties to perform as well now. He told me that Qvevri is a national symbol, a metaphor that identifies Georgia as the oldest winemaking region in the world. Though around 8% of the wine produced uses qvevri as the vessel for fermentation and even as storage, <strong>Khareba Winery<\/strong> which is a modern winery with over 25 years of history, makes only about 5% of its total wines using them as the fermenting vessels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_620.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">K.I.S.S. Georgia-the Oldest Wine Producing Nation<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paradoxically, this could well be the very reason why wine drinkers in the world, especially the novices in India get overawed but there is a growing number, especially in evolved countries like the USA and wherever young millennials willing to experiment reside, that it is finding new audiences. Qvevri wines have been traditionally made by households for the consumption by their families and friends; there is a saying that every household has a small winery! All the same, Khareba makes many award-winning Qvevri wines, one example of which I was able to see and taste during my visit to the Experience Center at Kakheti.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s wines fall into several zones: <strong>Kakheti<\/strong> and Kartli in the east, and <strong>Imereti<\/strong>, Samegrelo, Guria, Ajaria, and Abkhazia in the west. By far the most important of these is Kakheti, which produces 70% of all Georgian wine. We visited this region as also Imereti during our 5-day visit to Georgia last month.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contd. In the next edition of delWine<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subhash Arora<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Sunday, 14 January 2024 12:40 Wine Travels Feature: K.I.S.S. 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