The wine region of Mukuzani is located in the region of Kakheti of Georgia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Winiveria or the Domaine Dugladze produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mukuzani are Saperavi, Chinuri and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mukuzani often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cheese or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, floral or black fruit.
We currently count 149 estates and châteaux in the of Mukuzani, producing 165 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mukuzani go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.
‘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 ...
Following the creation of the DOC Sicilia in November 2011, the region has taken a step further in guaranteeing the origin of traceability of DOC Sicilia wines by introducing mandatory government-minted labels on all its bottles. The State label, which is mandatory only for DOCG wines (in Sicily this applies to Cerasuolo di Vittoria only) is an important marker and identifier of the most important Italian DOCs: each label shows a unique alphanumeric code that traces the entire production process ...
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