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Seven reasons why I love Shavkapito

13/01/2013 by Simon Woolf | 1 Comment Seven reasons why I love Shavkapito

Sometimes, falling in love is easy. And so it was with me and Shavkapito – we met across a crowded room at last year’s EWBC conference and with the first sip I knew I was hooked. Is it possible to rate a grape variety just on the strength of one wine? Well, maybe not, but [...]

Posted in: Obscure red grape varieties, seven reasons, Wine | Tagged: 2009, 2010, georgia, kartli, muhkrani, qvevri, shavkapito

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