https://sommo.app/tags/amber-wine/Recent content in Amber Wine on Sommo — AI Wine Scanner, WSET Prep & Wine Journal AppHugoen-USSommoFri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/georgian-wine-guide/Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/georgian-wine-guide/<p>Every wine country claims history; Georgia has receipts. Residue on clay vessels from the South Caucasus puts winemaking here at roughly 8,000 years, which makes this small country between the Black Sea and the Caucasus mountains the oldest wine culture we know of. And the remarkable part is that its signature method never went away: it is now the hottest ticket in wine bars from London to Tokyo.</p> <h2 id="the-qvevri-winemaking-buried">The Qvevri: Winemaking, Buried</h2> <p>The heart of Georgian tradition is the <strong>qvevri</strong>, a huge egg-shaped clay vessel, beeswax-lined, buried to its neck in the earth. Grapes go in, often with skins, stems and all, ferment on their wild yeasts, and stay there for months while the earth holds the temperature steady. No tanks, no barrels, no thermostats: the technique is so distinct that UNESCO added it to its intangible cultural heritage list. If <a href="https://sommo.app/blog/how-wine-is-made/">how wine is made</a> is the modern textbook, the qvevri is the original manuscript.</p>