The wine region of Gare Kakheti is located in the region of Kakheti of Georgia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Старый Тбилиси (Old Tbilisi) or the Domaine Shilda produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gare Kakheti are Saperavi, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gare Kakheti often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.
We currently count 7 estates and châteaux in the of Gare Kakheti, producing 7 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gare Kakheti go well with generally quite well with dishes .
‘When I started producing wine, the wineries were all in a very bad condition,’ said Askaneli Brothers president Gocha Chkhaidze, recalling the poor state of the Georgian wine industry shortly after the country declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. ‘There was inadequate sanitation, a lack of know-how and old-fashioned bottling lines. People were unable to make wine sustainably, vineyards were not sufficiently cared for, agronomists were unskilled and used to harvest the maximu ...
Described by Courvoisier as ‘daring’, ‘visionary’ and ‘a first-of-its-kind collaboration’, Courvoisier Mizunara was created by the house’s recently-retired maître de chai, Patrice Pinet, and Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender of Japanese whisky maker Suntory. The project dates back to 2015, when the president of Suntory visited Courvoisier at Jarnac shortly after Suntory took over Beam Global, the Cognac house’s then owner, in a deal worth US$16bn. Pinet expressed an interest in experimenting with miz ...
Lapierre, a Master of Wine since 2013, is already part of Vint’s investment committee and will step into the new director of wine role as the group looks to grow. He joins Vint from the California-based Vinfolio fine wine group, where he most recently served as president. Vint is one of several groups that has said it wants to make investing in wine as an alternative asset more accessible. Founded in 2019, the group has since 2021 specialised in offering Securities & Exchange Commission-qual ...
