At Pheasant's Tears, ancient Georgian methods are used to make the wine. Stems, skins, and juice are all mixed together, then poured in giant qveris buried deep underground and sealed with clay ...
Qvevri wine-making takes its name from the distinctive egg-shaped earthenware vessel - the Qvevri - in which wine is fermented and stored in villages and towns throughout Georgia. The tradition plays ...
Historians know the ancient Romans ... Roman wine tasted somewhat spicy, smelling of “toasted bread, apples, roasted walnuts and curry.” “The Romans were able to make much better, more ...
David Suzuki visits the remnants of an old Pompeian bar to quaff back some Roman wine. People have enjoyed drinking since prehistoric times; it's one of the few pastimes that run throughout the ...
Large jars called qvevri, similar to the ancient ones, are still used for wine-making in Georgia ... probably made in a similar way to the qvevri method today "where the grapes are crushed ...
In northern Sweden an ancient tradition of making Sun wine from blueberries has been reinvented. The idea is to take of care of natural resources and deliver high quality wine with less impact on ...