About this episode

John Baker shares the intriguing story of a mysterious wine cellar in Tbilisi, Georgia, filled with historic wines.

Meet John Baker, Sydney wine merchant turned Indiana Jones turned author of Stalin's Wine Cellar, one of the most eye-opening wine stories you're likely to hear. In the first part of this real-life account, John recounted how he'd got a tip-off about a mysterious wine cellar in Tbilisi, Georgia, apparently chock full of the greatest wines in the world, some more than a hundred years old. What's more, the cellar came with an astonishing story of provenance and ownership... It was, in sho...

People in this episode

Hosts: Susie, Peter

Guest: John Baker

Topics covered

• wine history
• Stalin
• Georgia
• wine cellar
• provenance
• storytelling

Keywords

• Stalin
• wine cellar
• Tbilisi
• Georgia
• John Baker
• wine history
• provenance

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Stalin's Wine Cellar

Places: Tbilisi, Georgia

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