Georgian Wine comes to NYC
By Marisa D'Vari | June 2nd, 2011 | Category: News | No Comments »
"Have you had Georgian wine?" I had some today and it is very cool ... a small group of producers from Georgia, one of them American born, came to NYC to showcase their wines.
The region is the oldest in the world, filled with many local grape varieties. The whites were actually quite good, most of them darker in color because of extended skin contact.
And the coolest thing is that many of the producers made the wine in clay vessels, buried in the earth, the old fashioned way. This way the wine keeps its mineral content and is "natural" in the fullest sense of the word.
I liked the whites more than the reds, for the most part -- the whites were fruity yet had a dry slightly bitter finish, and would work well with many types of fish, salads, etc. I liked a few of the reds, yet "medium sweet" is a big category here, and even the dry wines had too much oak.
The largest question of the day was: who is buying this? It turns out, that the clay vessel drama goes over well with wine geeks on the West coast. Beyond the high end restaurants with somms who like to tell the story, who is buying it?
That's the question. It was great to try these wines, and if you do get the chance, you will find them quite delicious!
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