Day 22, Racha: History & Beauty

Racha is a more remote region in Georgia, known for its mountains, river, fall color, and wine (more on that later). We stayed in Oni, a small town whose population until the 1990’s was half Jewish.En savoir plus
Racha is a more remote region in Georgia, known for its mountains, river, fall color, and wine (more on that later). We stayed in Oni, a small town whose population until the 1990’s was half Jewish.En savoir plus
Aleko is who Mark calls a ‘guerrilla’ winemaker, meaning he makes ‘craft’ wine in an area filled with wine that is factory mass-produced. Super interesting guy who left Georgia for almost aEn savoir plus
Khachapuri, cheese-filled bread, is a favorite dish in Georgia. Irina let me watch her make it.
Mark says he’s waited a year to harvest with Gia, and today’s the day. I’d seen the process of harvesting on videos, and I knew it was hard work, but only by experiencing it firsthand did IEn savoir plus
De-stemming process (in photos). The juice is kept in the steel tank (with skins) for up to 30 days, depending on the weather. Skins are then removed and the juice is transferred into a qvervi.
We arrived in Sicily on Sunday morning.
Purely by happenstance, our winery tour at Vini Franchetti was during the winery’s celebration of the end of the harvest. And what a celebration! Music, tons of food, toasts, dancing, skits, lots ofEn savoir plus
Millennia of history influenced by the invasions of the Greeks, Romans, and Arabs (just to name a few), three mountain ranges and three seas, an active volcano, vineyards, olives, warm MediterraneanEn savoir plus
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In your element!
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I guess you’d have plenty of hills to walk .
VoyageurThe Racha natural beauty is incredible!