Eurasianet: “Making Italian Wine with a Georgian Accent”

When Italian of Slow Food Movement activist Carlo Catani tasted Georgian bottled wine, he decided to create an experiment to see if he could replicate Georgia’s unique wine-making process. He connected with Italian winemakers, and attempted to get them to recreate Italian wine using the traditional Georgian method, which includes fermenting it in large clay vessels known as kvevri.

The result of the experiment - making Italian wine with a Georgian accent – was revealed in Yigal Schleifer ‘s article published on Eurasianet.org on February 20.

I think the most interesting thing about kvevri wine is that you are drinking history, so your mind can have a wonderful trip and it’s a wonderful idea to drink this ancestral wine,” said Catani. The second is that it’s a totally natural wine. There is no pesticide and the grapes have not been treated in any way. The third thing is that the kvevri wines are very different from the other wines that you can find sold – the maceration with the skin is very long, the colors are different – the white wines are more orange and the red wines are more violet.|/

Read the full article on: www.eurasianet.org