About this episode

The episode explores the intriguing story of a mysterious wine cellar in Tbilisi, Georgia, filled with rare wines and dramatic events.

It's not every wine story that comes with lashings of guns and cash and enforcers and heart-rending breakages - plus the odd death threat. Not to mention unicorn wines aplenty. But this one does! Which is why it's a must-listen. John Baker was a Sydney wine merchant with a sideline in fine and rare wine when opportunity came knocking in the form of a mysterious wine cellar in Tbilisi, Georgia, apparently chock full of the greatest wines in the world, some more than a hundred years old. ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Susie, Peter

Topics covered

• wine history
• Stalin
• Tbilisi
• rare wines
• wine merchant
• Georgia

Keywords

• Stalin
• wine cellar
• John Baker
• Tbilisi
• rare wine
• Georgia
• wine merchant

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Stalin's Wine Cellar

Places: Tbilisi, Georgia

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