Here I am in a cool cellar in Tbilisi, wine to the left of me, wine to the right of me. As each glass is reverently polished off– this is no time for spitting – it is almost possible to imagine that this very act of drinking wine is a critical part of a modern-day quest for the Golden Fleece.
If that sounds a little far-fetched, let’s not forget there is a tantalising connection between Georgia’s ancient winemaking heritage and the legend of Jason and the Argonauts.
When fleece-seeking Jason set offon his improbable expedition, he sailed to the kingdom of gold-rich Colchis, on the Black Sea coast of today’s western Georgia.
‘The wealth of the regions about Colchis, which is derived from the mines of gold, silver,
