{"id":9489,"date":"2014-03-29T21:05:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T02:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=9489"},"modified":"2014-03-29T21:05:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T02:05:54","slug":"georgian-wine-grand-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/29\/georgian-wine-grand-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgian Wine Grand Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The grand tasting of Georgian wines took place in the ballroom at the Marriott Hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia. Sarah Abbot introduced the wine tasting session. The selected wines were prepared by Shalva Khetusuriani, President of Georgian Sommelier Association. Shalva and Sarah commented about the wines during the tasting.<\/p>\n<p>What is now becoming traditional, my tasting notes for conference tastings are written as haikus.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/033013a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9490\" alt=\"033013a\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/033013a.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/033013a.jpg 360w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/033013a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a>Tsinandali by Shumi<br \/>\n<\/b>Crisp Tsinandali<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Appellation controlled white<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Bright, floral, drink now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Krakhuna by Winery Khareba<br \/>\n<\/b>Krakhuna bright white<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Crisp, refreshing, nice in mouth<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">First appetizers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chkhaveri by KTW<br \/>\n<\/b>Chkhaveri light gold<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Ticklish tropical fruit notes<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Guria\u2019s white wine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rkatsiteli by Alaverdi Monastery<br \/>\n<\/b>Rkatsiteli<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Qvevri made monks labor<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">God\u2019s gift to cherish<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kakhuri Mtsvane by Mandili<br \/>\n<\/b>White kissing tannins<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Mtsvane Kakhuri gold<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Legs, body, beauty<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Otskhanuri Sapere by Winery Khareba<br \/>\n<\/b>Imereti red<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Otskhanuri Sapere<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Qvevri juicy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Saperavi by Vitavinea<br \/>\n<\/b>Saperavi black<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Spice meets fruit, kissing tannins<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Qvevri refined<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mukuzani by Tbilvino<br \/>\n<\/b>Kissing tannins too<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Mukuzani oak quality<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Appellation wine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Saperavi-Satrapezo by Telavi Wine Cellar<br \/>\n<\/b>Black Saperavi<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Satrapezo food friendly<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Almost kissing wine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Shavkapito by Chateau Mukhrani<br \/>\n<\/b>Shavkapito fruit<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Everyday dinner friendly<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Drink without at date<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kindzmarauli Original by Kindzmarauli Marani<br \/>\n<\/b>Kindzmarauli<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Saperavi for Russians<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Sweetness expresses<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Chacha by Chateau Mukhrani<br \/>\n<\/b>No devil counting<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Chacha strengthens energy<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Long fruit aftertaste<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Georgian Wine Grand Tasting\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=9489\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grand tasting of Georgian wines took place in the ballroom at the Marriott Hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia. Sarah Abbot introduced the wine tasting session. The selected wines were prepared by Shalva Khetusuriani, President of Georgian Sommelier Association. Shalva and Sarah commented about the wines during the tasting. What is now becoming traditional, my tasting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[2833,2360,98],"class_list":["post-9489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-georgia","tag-iwinetc","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9491,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9489\/revisions\/9491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}