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Best Georgian wines: Red and white bottles taste tested

Source: Wine of Georgia

With archaeological evidence of viticulture dating back to 6,000 BC, Georgia is often regarded as the birthplace of wine. Yet in the UK, we've only just developed a thirst for the country's lip-smackingly delicious bottles.

And it’s about time.

Forget, at least for the moment, France, Italy and Spain: no other country can claim a rich wine-making heritage that dates so far back in history.

Straddling both eastern Europe and western Asia on the Black Sea, Georgia is a small country of just under four million people with Russia to the north, Turkey and Armenia to the south and Azerbaijan to the east.

But don’t be fooled by its relatively diminutive size: Georgia

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