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| The most widespread grapes
in Georgia is the grade - Rkatsiteli.
Native land Rkatsiteli - Kakheti.
Grapes of this sort has received a wide circulation across
all former Soviet Union. In wine-making industry of Georgia
Rkatsiteli plays a universal role. Basically
of blend Rkatsiteli with Mtsvane
and other sorts of grapes the wine-making industry of Georgia
releases the vintage wines "TSinandali",
"Napareuli", "Gurdzhaani",
"Tibaani", "Rkatsiteli", etc., ordinary
table wines "Saero",
"Garedzhi", "Ereti",
etc. Besides table wines from Rkatsiteli
prepare portwine, dessert,
liquor wines. Rkatsiteli serves
also as raw material for manufacture of the best cognacs of
Georgia.
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One of the most ancient sort of a grapevine of Georgia
is Saperavi,
that Georgian means - dye. Native land Saperavi
- Kakheti. Grapes has received the
name, due to the maintenance in berries of painting substances.
Saperavi is the best representative
in world assortment of red wine sorts of grapes. It is widely
distributed in former Soviet Union and abroad.
Grapes Saperavi goes on manufacture
of the best Georgian branded red dry, moist, naturally-dry,
naturaly-semisweet, dessert wines "Napareuli",
"Mukuzani", "Teliani",
"Kvareli", "Saperavi", "Kindzmarauli". |
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| The significant place in the Georgian
wine-making industry occupies one of the best white sort
of grapes Mtsvane.
This sort is distributed basically in Kakhetii.
The basic advantage received from this grapes young
wine Mtsvane extremely strong,
unusually pleasant aroma that does its unchangeable
for white vintage wines.
In
Imereti (West Georgia)
are cultivated mainly grape sort Colikauri,
Cicka, Krahuna, CHinuri, Goruli-Mcvane, Pino, Dzvelshava.
These sort of grape give the first-class material for
production of the high-quality table Wines. Possessing
significant resource, Imereti is one of the main wine-making
region of Georgia. To the most known wine of this region
pertain Colikauri , Sviri , Cicka
, Gelati , Dimi and etc.
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Distribution of the Georgian sorts of grape to other
countries especially promoted geopolitic position of Georgia
through which passed " the Great Silk Road" and where the
international trading routes were crossed some. Georgia represented
the natural link connecting the West with the East and the
North with the South.
Many
sorts of the grapevine, existing behind boundaries of Georgia,
particularly in Europe, have a genetic relationship with georgian
vine. In european country well known their georgian origin
and many sorts of the grapevine, to this day, have the Georgian name
or names of the Georgian origin.
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In Italy
to as far back as antiquities was a known wine Digitela
, it Dactyls on greek or
Diktium on latin, which
name was a translation of the name ancient georgian
wine Tita - Palchik. Sort "Tita"
was so popular, that has been distributed not only in
Europe, but also in the East, and in the Arabian countries
and now there is a wine with such name. The same origins
Greek Apopeks
- a translation georgian Melis
куди (Tail of the vixen), in italian - Cauda
Volpe , Caudi di Volpe
, in german Fuchsschwanz
, in Azerbaijan Tilki Kuiruli
and etc.
In all Europe the
wide-spread the most old georgian wine Haristvala
(the Eye of the oxen),
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name
which translated on german Ochsenauge.
Such origins has french Dodrelabi
- from georgian Dondglabi.
On latin "musca" meens "fly" and event from this name wine known as "Muscat" is distribution from Georgia.
As well as latin "Asinusca" translation
with Georgian "Vira kurdzeni".
And today in Europe, and not only
in Europe is growing about fifty kinds of the Georgian vine...
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