Alaverdi owns 244 hectares of vineyards in the Kakheti region, the vast majority of which grow Georgia's flagship red wine grapes,
Saperavi.
Alaverdi owns 244 hectares of vineyards in the Kakheti region, the vast majority of which grow Georgia's flagship red wine grapes,
Saperavi. The acquisition of Alaverdi also provides the Wine Business with access to 135 hectares of free land, available for immediate vineyard development.
Most of the output from Alaverdi is from the
Saperavi red wine grape.
As an example of recent success, the winners of the Prodexpo International Wine Competition and Guide contest were wines from Goygol Wine Plant - "Karabakh Chardonnay" grabbed gold, "Karabakh
saperavi" silver, and "Karabakh rose" bronze medals.
At Vinotel (doubles from $130), an intimate 13-room property modeled on a traditional Georgian home, an on-site wine cellar means the
Saperavi grapes are always within reach, and a picturesque Old Town location puts Tbilisi's top sights within stumbling distance.
The latter was perhaps not surprising, given the fact that both were semisweet reds produced from
Saperavi. But what specifically did the titular location confer, if not distinctive taste?
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Saperavi Qvevris is made with the
Saperavi grape and is rich dark fruit with coffee and roasted nuts going on.
Two other varieties in New York are the red hybrid Diana (probably a seedling of Catawba), which has been grown in the Finger Lakes since the mid-1800s, and
Saperavi, a red Vitis vinifera grape variety from the nation of Georgia.
Key red varietals:
saperavi, ojaleshi alexandrouli,
The aim of our research was to study the chemical composition and antioxidant power of six table grape collected on the territory of the Russian Federation in the city of Pyatigorsk: Risus,
Saperavi, Levokumsky, Gurzufsky pink, Rkatsiteli, Moldova [6].
The white Rkatsiteli and the red
Saperavi are the most prevalent, but you may see some international varieties as well.