We first visited a home where generations have made wine from their own vineyard, fermenting the grapes in clay pots stored in caverns in the cellar of the home.
We tasted a dry red, served in a pitcher and drunk from a traditional clay bowl.
Debb took lessons from the lady of the house in rolling bread dough and cooking it by slapping the raw loaf on the side of a hot clay "oven" heated with burning grape vines. Amazingly the dough doesn't slide down! Delicious!
And I tried my hand at making a traditional Georgian sweet -- walnuts inside a caramel-like coating that's actually leftover grape juice thickened with a little flour. I coat the walnuts with this thick paste, and when finished I have something that looks like a candle. When it cools you eat it. With no added sugar, it's sweet without being overpowering. Quite tasty.
Then we drove to a commercial winery that reminded me of Napa. They make reds, whites and sparkling wines.
We tasted five varieties that were also quite delicious.
And fortunately we weren't driving!
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