MIR:" Top 5 Reasons to Love the South Caucasus"

An American-based travel company MIR is urging its clients to visit the South Caucasus, and has published five reasons to love South Caucasian countries Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

These reasons were wine, food, culture, capital cities and natural beauty.

The author of the post David Connoly particularly stressed the significance of Georgian wine and the ancient and unusual method of its preparation and production.

"All three of the South Caucasus countries produce their own wine, but Georgian wine is by far the most famous,” he writes.

"Wine tourism is nothing new, but what Georgia brings to the table are wines made by an unusual and ancient method of production called qvevri. Named for the large clay vessel in which the wines are fermented, qvevri wine-making involves fermenting the grapes in the vessel, which is buried in the ground and remains there during the entire process. When the wine is ready, it is drawn out with a long-handled ladle. Qvevri vessels are very much a part of Georgian culture and the larger ones can hold more than 4,000 bottles of wine!”

Read the full article here: www.mircorp.com