Full Day Wine Tour to East Georgia - Why Drinking Georgian Wine Means Touching 8000 Years Old History.

Full Day Wine Tour to East Georgia by Colour Tour Georgia is incredible with no remember the fact, that Georgia is the birthplace of wine. What is the base of this fact? 

Scientists discovered 8000 years old clay jar (Qvevri in Georgian) in 50 km distance south from Tbilisi. But it is not everything. Grape seeds and wine acid was inside the jar. So the "qvevri" was used for wine.

Let me remind, this period matches to Neolithic Revolution - first agricultural revolution. Humans domesticated plants and animals. The oldest remains of wine and wine-making technology are found in Georgia and dated as 8000 years old. So it means first wine was produced in Georgia. 

Another great fact is that from this period to nowadays Georgians use the same method of wine producing. Even now ‘’qvevri’’ is the place where Georgian wine is fermented. And when visitor drinks Georgian wine, he/she drinks wine, which is produced with the same method, the first wine was. Drinking Georgian wine is an incredible opportunity to touch 8000 years old history of humans and wine.

The next post will be about the traditional way of wine producing in Georgia.

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