Georgian
Mlecnik
Cuvée Ana Vipavaska Dolina Rebula
As orange wines go, this is the best I’ve tasted. A Slovenian wine made in the Georgian tradition. — 6 years ago
Doqi Winery
Kakheti Saperavi 2016
really well done. classes Georgian skin contact white. rich, viscous, but citrus acidity to balance. rose water, thyme, roasted almonds. — 6 years ago
Georgas Family
Black Label Savatiano
To correct myself, this is Greek not Georgian. A great entry into oranges. — 7 years ago
Pheasant's Tears
Rkatsiteli 2015
Never in my life have I encountered a beverage like this. This is truly like liquid stone and stone fruit skin in the absolute craziest way. I don’t really know what to do with it but I will be back for more if for none other than shear interest. Not a quaffing wine and by no means is this fun, this is the most serious wine I have ever encountered. Not sloppy and not flawed. Georgian shamanism at its most psychedelic. — 7 years ago
Gotsa
Saperavi 2016
Ever a favorite, and the first Georgian wine I ever had. Saperavi sounds like savory and this is but it contains multitudes. Enchanting. — 6 years ago
Orgo
Dry Red Old Vineyards Saperavi 2017
Georgian wine from Ksenia — 6 years ago
Marina
Mtsvane
Juicy at first then smoky. Jelly belly on the nose. Wow! Georgian lady wine makers — 6 years ago
Pheasant's Tears
Tavkveri Rosé 2015
More Georgian! Dank — 6 years ago
Paladin
Delle Venezie Pinot Grigio
Smash a bottle of good Champagne on the granite hull of a newly done Lemon Meringue Pie as it launches into Georgian Bay, and watch out for rinds. — 6 years ago
Georgian Hills Vineyards
Ida Red Frozen to the core 2014
Intense apple cider bite. Delicious! Not too thick for an ice wine. — 7 years ago
Our Wine
Rkatsiteli
A nice display of Georgian Amber wine. Very interesting without overwhelming tannins. For lack of better terms, with less fruit and more funk. — 7 years ago
Telavi Wine Cellars
Kondoli Vineyards Marani Saperavi 2017
A quite nice wine from Georgia - relatively limited experience with these wines, but clearly a strong winemaking tradition. Nice and inky dark in the glass, with lots of dark berry fruit. Medium bodied with medium minus tannins and good acid on the finish. For the price - and with Georgian food in Brighton Beach - a nice wine for sure. — 6 years ago
Standing Stone Vineyards
Finger Lakes Saperavi 2017
Finger. Lakes. Saperavi.
If this ain’t American winemaking in the 21st century we don’t know what is! 🇺🇸🍷🇬🇪🍇
At least, that’s what we were thinking before reading up on Standing Stone and founders Marti & Tom Macinski. They actually first planted this fascinating Georgian grape here in ***1994*** (just 3 years after Georgia left the USSR, for those keeping score at home) intended for blending.
Increasingly impressed by the quality of the grapes, they offered their first varietal Saperavi in 2010 - as “The Dark Red”, since the grape name was as yet unrecognized by the federal government. Once it was, they became the first American winery to release a wine labeled Saperavi.
Fine tuned to the cold, high mountains of Kakheti in eastern Georgia, it makes sense why it would thrive in the Finger Lakes! The name Saperavi literally means “ink”, a sensible name for a grape with pitch-dark skin AND flesh! 🖤
Marti and Tom sold the winery and retired in 2017. But their enduring legacy may just be budding. We’ve heard of Saperavi planting projects underway in New York, Virginia, and Oregon.
Saperavi’s runaway affinity for the Finger Lakes may have been a bit of a happy accident, but the Macinskis deserve every bit of credit for thinking outside the box, putting it in motion, and bringing it to fruition! 🙌🙌🙌 — 6 years ago
Naotari
Kakheti Rkaciteli Blend 2015
Best skin-contact Georgian orange I’ve had (available from the local wine shop). Funkier than Dilao. Excellent everyday natural wine.
Had this the day Ari got her haircut. Soundtrack: Incubus, Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins. — 7 years ago
Andrew
Sweet white wine — 6 years ago