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“…[H]ave to drink more Georgian wines. Georgia has the oldest wine culture and is pretty much the reason we have orange wine today, making each glass a little history lesson as well as a glimpse into the current (and future) state of skin-contact wines.”

“Usakhelauri is an ancient red-wine grape variety unique to Georgia. The grapes are cultivated in just a couple of villages in the Lechkhumi region (West Georgia), as this variety can only grow in specific areas (micro zones) of this region. One season can only produce a couple of hundred tons of these rare grapes in…

“Tourists are attracted to Georgia’s 12,000 historical and cultural sites.  “We are the four seasons destination, starting from winter you can ski in the high mountains where we have one of the best slopes in Europe, and into the summer when you can swim in our Black Sea, as well as in the autumn when…

“For a country like Georgia, that celebrates wine on different levels, it is important to say a few words about natural wine…”

Step away from the rosé—it’s time to try the chic new wine on the block. (Well, new to us, anyway.) Black wine actually dates back thousands of years, but it’s making its way into American glasses just in time for sweater weather. To get the DL, we chatted with Kate Gersamia, who, with her husband, owns…

…We’re celebrating another year of excellent backstreets eating by taking a look back at our favorite restaurants and dishes of 2017…

Too busy to read For The Love Of Wine? The one-minute wine expert is here to explain Georgian wine. Read. Absorb. Feel smug. This article will self-destruct in 60 seconds…There were once more than 1,400 grape varieties in Georgia; now there are around 537, although only 45 or so are grown commercially. Three-quarters are white.

It’s nearly Christmas and holiday gift pools are back. Oft referred to as a Secret Santa exchange, deciding what to buy can be a challenge, especially when it comes to wine. 

Every year, NRN senior food editor Bret Thorn shares his food and beverage predictions for the coming 12 months. Find out what to expect on restaurant menus in 2018.

Following the discovery earlier this month of the oldest wine in history, Georgia’s fame has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. (Link to Guinness World Records included.)

Chemical evidence of wine, dating back to 6000–5800 BC, was obtained from residues of ancient pottery excavated in the archeological sites in Georgia, Guinness World Records webpage says.

D.C.’s inaugural Georgian restaurant, Supra starting giving Shaw a taste of Eurasian cuisine earlier this month. Co-owners Jonathan and Laura Nelms’ spacious 4,000-square-foot restaurant at 1205 11th Street NW boasts a floor-to-ceiling glass wall upon entrance, filled with a couple hundred bottles imported from Georgia.