Interesting Link

[Philb]

The section on Georgian wines is great.

http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/material.html

[Ramblin]

... in response to Interesting Link, posted by Philb on Apr 2, 2002

I tried a Georgian red wine at the cave restaurant in Kiev and it was absolutely excellent.  I had my lady write down the name of it but I can't find the slip of paper.  I wonder if they are all that good.

[WmGo]

... in response to Re: Interesting Link, posted by Ramblin on Apr 3, 2002

the best wine that I have ever had in my entire life was a dry red Georgian wine at a restaraunt in Dnepropetrovsk. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of it.

[Ken W]

... in response to Re: Interesting Link, posted by Ramblin on Apr 3, 2002

-nt

[hockeybrain]

... in response to Re: Interesting Link, posted by Ramblin on Apr 3, 2002

I'll stick to vodka and beer, thank you.

[Dan]

... in response to Re: Interesting Link, posted by Ramblin on Apr 3, 2002

Almost all the wines from that region lean toward being sweet or semi-sweet. Among the best are:

* Kindzmaurali - reported to be Stalin's favorite wine. So much so, he bathed in the stuff. You should be able to find it here in the US.

* Alazanskaya Dolina - an interesting wine. Lighter-bodied than Kindzmaurali and also classified as semi-sweet, but distinctly different. We managed to specially-order a bottle at a local large liquor store.

I wish I could remember the names of the wines in Crimea. They were definitely sweet dessert wines. Perhaps Del (or others) can jump in with some of his experiences.

- Dan

[yyorkk]

... in response to Georgian (and Crimean) Wines Are Terrifi..., posted by Dan on Apr 3, 2002

well, i´m a professional wine taster and i tried lots of the stuff they produce there but my impression was that starting from a certain quality level wines from fsu are too expensive. better bring some bottle of european or californian wine with you and drink there cheap but honest champanskoje from crimea (i always take with me 5 or 6 bottles of brut imperial/moet chandon or veuve cliquot ponsardin). you save a lot of money!

[Philb]

... in response to Georgian (and Crimean) Wines Are Terrifi..., posted by Dan on Apr 3, 2002

Here is a link to info on Crimean wines.  It is all Cyrillic, but translates fairly well through Prompt's.  There is a link to an English version of the web site but it does not seem to work.

http://www.massandra.crimea.com/

[Del]

... in response to Georgian (and Crimean) Wines Are Terrifi..., posted by Dan on Apr 3, 2002

Dan,
I'm not a fan of sweet wines myself, however, the Massandra wines are very, very good (but sweet).
I prefer the dry wines (Inkerman is my favourite).

[Richard]

... in response to Georgian (and Crimean) Wines Are Terrifi..., posted by Dan on Apr 3, 2002

I'm not much of a wine expert, but I did enjoy the red wine from Masandra that I had in Crimea.  I brought serveral bottles home as gifts.  (Sorry, I don't remember the exact variety)

[Philb]

... in response to Re: Interesting Link, posted by Ramblin on Apr 3, 2002

I have had several different Georgian wines and they were all pretty good.  They also make some fine champagne.

[BrianN]

... in response to Interesting Link, posted by Philb on Apr 2, 2002