I am super into the international wine scene, and I have friends who are super into the international wine scene, and these friends are actually graduate studen

I am super into the international wine scene, and I have friends who are super into the international wine scene, and these friends are actually graduate students studying the Georgian language, and they spend significant time in Georgia. Georgian wine--I won't classify it as good or bad but rather--is concentrated, thick, and rich. If that's your flavor profile, go for it. winemaking around the world has changed dramatically in over the last 40 years due to much more sophisticated university study and programs in winemaking. Much more control can now be exercised over the winemaking process to ensure the profile you want, on top of the essential nature of the terroir involved. I don't know how much Georgia is participating in this process or if it remains traditional. Italian wine forty years ago was generally pretty horrible, and now it is my favorite. To me, it's not a matter of parochialism, just the flavor profile I like. That period of time generally represents the younger university educated children inheriting the vineyards from the "farmer" older generations.