A wave of Georgian qvevri wine in Amsterdam
Reviews of a fresh crop of amber wines, all available in the Netherlands.
I'm a huge fan of Georgian qvevri wines - that's to say, wines made in the 8,000 year old traditional manner, where grapes, skins and sometimes stems are piled into a 500 - 2,000 litre clay amphora-like vessel, buried up to its neck in the ground.
The challenge has always been how to get hold of them. A tiny amount is imported into the UK, even less to t…
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