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Continuing to relate my recent experiences with Georgian wines, I’m providing more reviews of some of the 60 Georgian wines I tasted at the recent Boston Wine Expo. And I’m also going to provide additional history and background on the region of Georgia and its wines, to give better context to these wines.

Three weekends ago (seriously where does the time go??) Sean and I attended the 2017 Boston Wine Expo and I think this one was the best yet. This was our fourth year in a row attending and I can honestly say that like a fine wine, this event gets even better with age.

Continuing to relate my experiences with Georgian wines, I’m now going to start providing reviews for some of the approximately 60 Georgian wines I tasted at the recent Boston Wine Expo. And I’m also going to provide more history and background on the region of Georgia and its wines, to give better context to these wines.

“In no other country do the inhabitants drink so much, or such excellent wine.”–Jean-Baptiste Chardin (aka Sir John Chardin), referring to the country of Georgia in his ten-volume The Travels of Sir John Chardin, published in 1786. I first sampled a Georgian wine about nine years ago though I’ve had the opportunity to taste many other Georgian wines during the…

Georgia lays claim to some of the earliest evidence of wine-making with the discovery of a prehistoric settlement and the remnants of clay vessels and grape pips dating 8,000 years ago. Centuries of a thriving wine-making culture was ultimately quashed after the Soviet takeover in 1921, which drastically reduced wine diversity and emphasized quantity over…

An examination of Georgian wines first requires a clarification of whether the inquiry is referring to the state of Georgia in the United States or the independent country of Georgia that was formerly part of the old communist Soviet Union. This column will deal with the now independent democratic country of Georgia geographically bounded on…

My pursuit of Georgian Wines has led me to the metropolis of New York City, where there was a wine tasting that brought over forty wines from the country known as the ‘cradle of wine’ with over 8,000 vintages and possibly the world’s oldest wine region and traditions to the forefront of the unsuspecting, but,…

Meet Giorgi Samanishvili, Chairman of the National Wine Agency of Georgia. He was my introduction to the wines from the country of Georgia, located between the Black Sea and the Caucasus- a rather small country that is home to ‘8000Vintages.’

Two to try: Wind Gap’s Russian River, Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard Trousseau Gris, a wine that takes on a slight orange haze and a bit of weight due skin contact but remains tangy and fresh. Or try Pheasant’s Tears Rkatsiteli, a Georgian wine made in a qvevri, or wax-lined clay amphora. If honey wasn’t sweet, it’d taste something like this. 

When the chef Meriko Gubeladze opened Shavi Lomi, she recalled that Tbilisi was “starving for small, homey restaurants with good food.” That was 2011, and the quality of Georgian cuisine — known for its lavish use of spices and aromatic herbs influenced by travelers along the Silk Road 

Soon after opening A Côté in Oakland 15 years ago, Jeff Berlin began accumulating accolades for a wine list that pushed the envelope, featuring wines from obscure grapes and forgotten wine regions, with stories about each that made them accessible and compelling. 

A video about the Boston Wine Expo by WCVB-TV, local ABC affiliate