Replies to post #4219 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[oldberkeley]

you can't seriously expect wine sales from Georgia to be economically significant?

Some Russian humor: "A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine, except that on a day without sunshine you can still get drunk." :-)

[mouton29]

<<you can't seriously expect wine sales from Georgia to be economically significant???

See below. Shows what you know. I myself have a few cases a nice Georgian red from 1242. It's drinking well.



Georgian wineFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ....


Georgia is one of the oldest wine producing regions of the world. The fertile valleys of the South Caucasus, which Georgia straddles, are believed by many archaeologists to be the source of the world's first cultivated grapevines and neolithic wine production, over 8,000 years ago.[1][2][3] Due to the many millennia of wine in Georgian history, the traditions of its viticulture are entwined and inseparable with the country's national identity.

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[IPO$]

Lol. That's what I thought until I tried it last night. :)