Reading Time: On 7 August 2017, we were invited to lead a one-hour panel discussion at Twitter’s #winemktmonday. In this article, we've stitched all our responses together as coherent answers and added defined contexts and examples to them. We choose against sharing the original transcript due to Twitter's 140-character limitation—which
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Armenian Wines: One Year Later
Saperavi: Georgia’s Flagship Red Wine Grape
Reading Time: Exploring Georgia through the Vines While several countries may have evidence for being the birthplace of grape wine, Georgia is the most outspoken about it. Some historians and linguists believe that "gvino/ღვინო", the Georgian word for wine, is the precursor of vino, vin, wein, and wine. Scientists have found residue
Making #UncorkingTheCaucasus
The Story of Exotic Wine Travel After 20 Months On The Road
We weren't always on the road full-time and we weren't always writers. Life was going pretty well a few years ago. Charine was progressing well as a professional in business research and I had an extremely busy Chiropractic practice, both in Singapore. In the Spring of 2015, we left our careers, family,
Ancient Wine Grape Varieties from Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey
Reading Time: Part of this article was originally published on Wine Folly. This article has been repurposed with their permission. This version of the article includes wine recommendations. The writing is done by Exotic Wine Travel and all images are produced by Wine Folly. Somewhere in what is today's Transcaucasia, mankind planted
An Introduction to Georgian Qvevri Wine in Zagreb
Reading Time: For a listing of articles and videos on Georgian wine and other wines from the Caucasus region, check out our page Uncorking the Caucasus. To purchase the Kindle or paperback copy of the book Uncorking the Caucasus: Wines from Turkey, Armenia, and Georgia, please head to this Amazon product page. Georgia, the
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Fine Turkish White Wine from Bozcaada
Voskevaz: A New Face in the Armenian Wine Scene
Reading Time: While the history of winemaking in Armenia dates back to ancient time, its modern wine industry is still in its infancy stage. As of now, the two head honchos are the critically acclaimed Zorah Winery and the goliath-sized Karas Winery, which has Michel Rolland as a lead consultant. The rest