Discovering Baia’s Wine
On my last trip to Georgia, one of my favorite discoveries was Baia's Wine. Baia Abuladze and her family are among those Georgian winemakers working to identify and classify local grape varieties. Baia and her siblings Gvantsa and Giorgi grew up watching their parents and grandparents make wine in their home village of Obcha in the western Georgian region of Imereti. The wine they made followed the local tradition of short maceration in qvevri with only a small proportion of skin contact. After Baia finished university she moved to Tbilisi but soon realized that wasn't where her heart was. Baia's Wine In 2015 she established Baia's Wine with her family. Together
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