One of the highlights of my trip to Georgia ("the country not the state!") last year was our visit to Kapistoni Winery. Delicious wine, wonderful people, and so, so interesting. We can't take you there but we can do the next best thing and bring them to you here!

Yes, tomorrow night Ruso Chochishvili will join us for an intimate tasting of her family's wines with a delicious selection of snacks. You can get tickets here. 

If you know anything about Georgian wine, it's probably that it's a very, very old tradition. Like 8,000 years old. In Georgia they say it's the birthplace of wine and they have the archeological finds to prove it. We haven't done the full literature review and won't comment on whether it is, in fact, the oldest. But the wine tradition is out of another era, before cooperage was a thing. Most wines are made in giant clay amphorae-ish vessels called qvevri. They're made from ancient grapes that grow virtually nowhere else. And they're often made without any of the tricks of the modern trade. 

Kapistoni works in the traditional way: Qvevri, ancient grapes, long, slow processes. And when you visit, you feel like you are being invited to share in an ancient tradition. When we were there we were lucky enough to be able to sit down to a lunch with the family and taste wines of various ages with the home cooked food. It was magical!

But here's one of the things about Kapistoni that sets them apart: while they make gloriously natural, traditional wines, they aren't afraid of science. They study their wines as they ferment, they try to understand their ancient traditions from a modern perspective, and they work day and night to make sure that the wines they produce are the purest possible expression of those traditions, the terroir, and the wacky and wonderful grapes!

We are incredibly excited to be able to host this tasting and hope to see you here!

Here’s the selection of red, white and orange ("amber") wines we’ll be pouring. Told you they were obscure grapes! Want the details? Come join us!

• Tavkveri Qvevri, 2019

• Asuretuli Shavi, 2021

• Chinebuli Amber Wine, 2022

• Danakharuli, 2020

• Goruli Mtsvane Amber Wine, 2022

An Evening with Kapistoni Georgian Wines, 12/5/2024 - $30.00