GürcistanCh'khari42°14’50” N 42°58’44” E 6 Ekim 2024, Gürcistan ⋅ 🌬 81 °F
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.Okumaya devam et
GürcistanT'erjola42°11’4” N 42°58’25” E 7 Ekim 2024, Gürcistan ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
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 aOkumaya devam et
GürcistanT'erjola42°11’4” N 42°58’25” E
8 Ekim 2024, Gürcistan ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Khachapuri, cheese-filled bread, is a favorite dish in Georgia. Irina let me watch her make it.
GürcistanZeda Alisubani42°15’1” N 43°1’50” E 9 Ekim 2024, Gürcistan ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
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 IOkumaya devam et
GürcistanT'erjola42°11’4” N 42°58’25” E
9 Ekim 2024, Gürcistan ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
GürcistanT'erjola42°11’4” N 42°58’24” E
10 Ekim 2024, Gürcistan ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
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.
GürcistanT'erjola42°11’4” N 42°58’25” E 12 Ekim 2024, Gürcistan ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
İtalyaTerre Dell' Etna37°52’22” N 14°59’14” E 14 Ekim 2024, İtalya ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We arrived in Sicily on Sunday morning.
İtalyaContrada Nastasi37°58’22” N 14°5’7” E 16 Ekim 2024, İtalya ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
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 ofOkumaya devam et
GezginThe passionate guy is the winery’s long time manager. He spoke of the extraordinary hard work of their team this year and how many had left other jobs as teachers, carpenters, etc to help with the harvest and winemaking . The founder of the winery died 2.5 years ago and his son, in his early 30’s, now runs it - hence the manager plays a major role.
İtalyaContrada Nastasi37°58’22” N 14°5’7” E 17 Ekim 2024, İtalya ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
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 MediterraneanOkumaya devam et
Gezgin
In your element!
Gezgin🌟🌟🌟
Gezgin
I guess you’d have plenty of hills to walk .
GezginThe Racha natural beauty is incredible!