ღვინო
Georgian wine
Georgia is one of the oldest wine regions in the world.
The fertile valleys and protective slopes of the Transcaucasia were home
to grapevine cultivation and neolithic wine production (Georgian: ღვინო,
ɣvino) for at least 8000 years.Due to the many millennia of wine in
Georgian history and its prominent economic role, the traditions of wine
are considered entwined with and inseparable from the national identity.
Among the best-known Georgian wine regions are Kakheti (further divided
into the micro-regions of Telavi and Kvareli), Kartli, Imereti,
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Adjara and Abkhazia.
In 2013, UNESCO added the ancient traditional Georgian
winemaking method using the Kvevri clay jars to the UNESCO Intangible
Cultural Heritage Lists.