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ArmeniaGeorgia · 11 days · 6–10 people
Eleven-day wine tour from Yerevan to Tbilisi with sommelier Dante Minutello: karas and qvevri cellars, Areni Noir and Saperavi, tables in Armenia and Georgia.
Armenia · 7 days · 6–10 people
Seven days from Yerevan with sommelier Dante Minutello: a small-group wine tour of Armenia's Vayots Dzor, karas cellars, the Areni-1 cave and family tables.
Armenia · Armavir Classic
Karas Wines, Armavir, Armenia: about 400 hectares of Syrah, Malbec and Kangun on the Ararat plain, and the classic estate I visit on my Armenia wine tour.
Armenia · Aragatsotn Classic
Voskevaz Winery, Aragatsotn, Armenia: a state winery from 1932, a hall of working clay karas, and the Voskehat I pour on my Armenia wine tour from Yerevan.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor OrganicTraditional
Trinity Canyon Vineyards, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: organic Areni Noir at 1,300 metres, karas in the cellar, and a harvest afternoon on my Armenia wine tour.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor Traditional
Zorah Wines in Rind, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: Areni Noir aged in buried clay karas at 1,400 metres, and a winemaker who came back from Milan to make it.
history · qvevri
Georgia's Gadachrili Gora jars and Armenia's Areni-1 cave winery: how they were dated, what residue chemistry proves, and where my wine tours visit them.
qvevri · karas
How Georgian qvevri, Armenian karas and Italian amphorae differ, what clay does to a wine, and where I pour them on my wine tours in Kakheti and Vayots Dzor.
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