The flavor of prune in wine of Georgia

Discover the of Georgia wines revealing the of prune flavor during the olphactive analysis (nose) and during the gustative analysis (mouth).

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Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States, bordered by Alabama to the west and Florida to the south. Georgia was once one of the largest wine producing states in the country. However, the early arrival (1905) of Prohibition here killed the Georgia wine industry until the 1980s. Today, Georgia is one of the largest wine producing states in the southeastern United States.

Vinifera, Hybrid and native Grape varieties are grown here for wine production. Viticulture in Georgia occurs primarily in the Northern Part of the state, in the southernmost parts of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Elevations between 400 and 670 meters above sea level provide a suitable environment for grapevines and temper the heat and humidity usually associated with Georgia's Climate. Wine producers in Virginia and North Carolina are also located in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Freak frost hits Argentinian vineyards as Mendoza declares emergency

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The release of the Ukrainian ‘Grad Cru’

It was the 5th of March and the second week of Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine. That morning, Mykhailo and Georgiy Molchanov, the father and son team of the Slivino winery in the Mykolaiv Oblast in Southern Ukraine went out to prune their vineyard. Lodged in one row of the vines was an unexploded Russian missile from a ‘Grad’ launcher. Meaning ‘hail’ in Russian, the name refers to the BM-21 systems that indiscriminately launch up to 20 of these missiles at once, something that has become a ...