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The untranslatable word for overeating
In Georgia, known for its epic feasts and toasts, people often experience shemomechama, an untranslatable word for when you are full but you continue eating anyway.
What Is Orange Wine?
The Three Drinkers explores the history of orange wine as well as what makes it so trendy.
Try a Red Wine From the Nation of Georgia
Lost Eden, a red blend aged in traditional clay amphora, is dark and earthy.
Georgia’s Wine Industry Turns to Tech
“We are a very old winemaking country.” Here’s how Georgia’s wine industry turned to VR and e-commerce to bring its vineyards to wine lovers everywhere when the pandemic halted travel.
What’s Up With Orange Wine?
Could orange wine become as popular as rose?
The New Conversation About White Wine and Tannins
More winemakers are using partial skin contact to create whites with firmer tannin structures and greater complexity
The Gold Country’s New Buried Treasure
Georgia natives David and Natalie Dediachvili bring Georgian winemaking methods to California
Where Did Wine Come From? The True Origin of Wine
Where did wine come from? It wasn’t France. Nor was it Italy. Vitis vinifera, also known as “the common wine grape,” has an unexpected homeland in the country of Georgia.
Gather around Tabla for another helping of Georgian cooking
D.C. welcomes Georgian restaurant Tabla as the new establishment offers traditional Georgian cuisine including the famous Khachapuri bread.
Meet the leaders of the orange-wine revolution
Far from a hipster fad, “skin-contact” wines are as old as the hills – and now they’re back on the menu
What’s The Deal With Orange Wine?
“I think the idea of orange wine is really interesting—a white wine with lots of structure that pairs with richer foods and ages well”
Master of Wine Lisa Granik: “Wine Speaks of Culture, People and Place”
Can wines be political? Master of Wine Lisa Granik believes there are opportunities for micro-activism when it comes to choosing a wine.