Tag: winemaking
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Georgia and its Qvevri Wines By AJ Linn
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Georgia is a fascinating country that can justifiably assert to be the cradle of winemaking. Until recently this claim was contested by next-door Armenia, but new archaeological finds this year have put its history in Georgia as going back 7,000-8,000 years. The country is the same size as Andalucía, with…
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It’s Not All About Barrels
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WINE NOTES There is, as they say, nothing new under the sun, and winemaking is not exempt. Allowing for the fact that wine has been around for at least five thousand years, the use of wooden casks is relatively new. Since man tasted the first drops of the heaven-given liquid,…