The Dual Cradles of Wines Birth

About this episode

The episode explores the significance of Georgian qvevri wine and its historical context in winemaking traditions.

Send a Text Message to The Kosher Terroir A friend brings me a heavy bottle from Georgia, and the first thing it teaches us is that weight can be a message. When I pour the wine, the color is almost opaque, purple-black with a stained magenta rim, and it becomes a clue that leads straight into one of the oldest winemaking traditions on Earth: Georgian qvevri wine, fermented and aged in an egg-shaped clay vessel buried in the ground. From there, I take you back to archaeology and scripture, b...

People in this episode

Host: Solomon Simon Jacob

Topics covered

• winemaking traditions
• Georgian wine
• qvevri
• archaeology
• scripture

Keywords

• Georgian wine
• qvevri
• winemaking
• archaeology
• scripture
• wine color
• tradition

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Georgian qvevri wine

Places: Georgia

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