A growing contingent of Georgia wine industry insiders are waging an informal influence campaign to elevate the country\u2019s vast array of wines. It\u2019s a battle of perception: Although the number of Georgian wines exported to the United States hovers just under a million bottles\u2014an increase of more than 3.5 times over between 2012 and 2022\u2014Georgian wine largely remains a specialty offering.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s because it\u2019s closely associated with amber wine, also called orange wine. This white wine is aged on skins, which lends it a signature orange hue. Georgia has become known for producing these amber wines in qvevri, or large clay pots, which are generally buried underground and fall into the natural wine category. They have been a part of Georgia\u2019s history for thousands of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11471,"menu_order":0,"template":"","yoast_head":"\n