Alaverdi Wine Cellar
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Alaverdi wine cellar. They are sold to visitors and also exported. Ancient taste and aroma unique to qvevri monastery wine is a millennium brand of alaverdi monastery cellar made by the alaverdi monastery congregate in the xith century cellar. Here at the monastery s marani or wine cellar monks have been making wine the way it s been made in georgia for over 8 000. The wine is produced by endemic variety of kakhetian vine in unique clay vessel qvevri.
Our guests will have the opportunity to learn about the alaverdi monastery and its historical wine cellar marani about the traditional georgian kakhetian wine making method and to taste the unique qvevri wines of alaverdi monastery marani. Most visitors come to alaverdi less for the divine than the dionysian. In their able hands the ancient georgian traditional method of wine making kvevri method is well anchored for they treat it like a treasured gift from their ancestors. Alaverdi monastery produces qvevri wines and wines in oak barrels.
Monastery wine tastings take place in the renovated wine cellar behind the cathedral. Get expert advice on wine you buy online. In 2006 with the help of badagoni the monastery wine cellar was restored and local monks at alaverdi started making a very special monastic wine again. In the united states they are available on the east coast and west coast.
Enter alaverdi wine cellar contractors who specialize in designing building and maintaining cellars to house your collection of bottles at the proper temperature and in the correct conditions. The family has been making traditional georgian wine for generations farming local grape varietals on a 1 5 hectare vineyard. Free shipping with stewardship and fe. 2010 alaverdi monastery rkatsiteli kakheti poa 13 les caves de pyrene this is the wine that first won me over to the charms of the qvevri the most astoundingly complex nose of tea leaves baked apples jasmine herbs and plum compote and bear in mind my description does not remotely do it justice.
Enjoy the wines of alaverd monastery marani the millennium brand with distinctive flavor and taste. This is priced above average for white wine from kakheti.