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\"Traditional<\/a>

Traditional Georgian wines are made in qvevri buried underground. Here is a marani (cellar) at Schuchmann Wines.<\/p><\/div>\n

The country Georgia, about 6,500 airline miles from the east coast of the United States, will celebrate their wines and their 8,000 vintages this October. The country\u2019s National Wine Agency is sponsoring events in the United States. Georgian wine tasting events will take place in:<\/p>\n

New York City October 6th
\nSan Francisco October 13th
\nWashington DCOctober 19th<\/p>\n

The free tasting event begins with a seminar followed by a walk around wine tasting. The tasting events are intended for media members and members of the trade including: retailers, importers\/distributors, restaurants and bars. Attendees can expect to taste wines made with varieties that are not common in the United States. Many of the wines will be appellation wines while others will be the traditional wines made in buried qvevri. Be on the lookout for qvevri white wines. Many of these wines are fermented and aged on their skins for several months. You can expect amber colored wines with bold to very bold tannins. These may be some of the most unusual wines that you will have an opportunity to taste. You can register for one of the tasting events on the Drink Georgian Wines website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Soliko<\/a>

Soliko Tsaishvili, owner and winemaker at Our Wine is punching down the cap in a qvevri.<\/p><\/div>\n

Venues<\/b><\/p>\n

New York City<\/em><\/p>\n

Date: Tuesday, October 6th 2015
\nLocation: Astor Center 399 Lafayette Street, NYC
\nGeorgian Wine Seminar: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
\nWalk-around Tasting: 2:00pm – 5:00pm<\/p>\n

San Francisco<\/em><\/p>\n

Date: Tuesday, October 13th 2015
\nLocation:\u00a0SOMA LOUNGE,\u00a01525 Mission Street, SF
\nGeorgian Wine Seminar: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
\nWalk-around Tasting: 2:00pm – 5:00pm<\/p>\n

Washington DC<\/em><\/p>\n

Date:\u00a0Monday, October 19th 2015
\nLocation:\u00a0Vidalia Restaurant,\u00a01990 M St. NW Washington, DC 20036
\nGeorgian Wine Seminar: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
\nWalk-around Tasting: 1:00pm – 3:30pm<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>

An amber traditional Georgian wine is a white wine that was fermented and aged for months on the skins.<\/p><\/div>\n

Producers<\/b><\/p>\n

There are over 20 producers that will pour wines at the Georgian Wine Tasting events. Many of these producers are from the eastern part of the country in the Kakheti wine region. Other producers are from the central part of the country in the Kartli wine region. In the list, producers that are linked are linked to a Wine Trail Traveler article that we wrote when we visited the producer in Georgia. The current list of Georgian wine producers includes:<\/p>\n

Amiran Vepkhvadze
\nAntadze
\nBagrationi
\n<\/a>Chateau Mukhrani
\n<\/a>Gotsa
\nIago\u2019s Wine
\n<\/a>Jakeli
\nKindzmarauli Marani
\n<\/a>Lagvinari
\nMarani (Telavi Wine Cellars)
\n<\/a>Orgo
\nOur Wine
\n<\/a>Pheasant\u2019s Tears
\n<\/a>Sarajishvili
\n<\/a>Schuchmann
\n<\/a>Shaluri
\nShalvino
\nShavnabada Monastery
\n<\/a>Shumi
\n<\/a>Teliani Valley Winery
\n<\/a>Vinoterra
\nWineMan<\/p>\n

Discover what you are missing if you haven\u2019t tasted wines from the country Georgia!<\/p>\n

Cheers,
\nTerry<\/p>\n