Qarvani Kakheti Kisi Khikhvi Mtsvane 2020 weissburgunder and the virtues of vinyl

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baking spices – cinnamon and nutmeg and allspice – orange oil and baker’s chocolate

Year after year

but the particular soil the vines grow on

Qarvani Kakheti Kisi Khikhvi Mtsvane 2020 weissburgunder and the virtues of vinylDuring the Soviet era, Kakheti was instructed to pull up all their white vines except the officially sanctioned Rkatsiteli variety. This grape, alongside the red Saperavi, became the two grapes of Georgia, and over the course of 80 years worth of monochromatic Soviet policy, most of Georgia's 520 native grapes came perilously close to dying out. Most survived only in scientific nurseries or isolated plots out of the public eye. This traditional Qvevri