. I would like to plant several Saperavi grape vines (Double A Vineyards sold me one last spring, unfortunately, it didn't survive). This variety was selected in Georgia in 1950th. I will for sure follow every step shown in this video and see what I get (in 2027 or 2028?). My son bought a bottle of Saperavi wine made in Azerbaijan in Tokyo, Japan last spring, he visited wine tasting festival there.
McGregor Winery in NY is the only US winery I know of that grows and markets Saperavi.
Good to know, thank you! I regret now that I bought only 1 vine of Saperavi https://doubleavineyards.com/saperavi-grafted. I had 100% rate of survival for any vines sold by Double A. Last spring was very weird. Late frost and snow as late as May 7 killed 1 out of 2 Cab Sauvignon and Saperavi.
Double A is now out of stock, I am not sure whether they will continue to sell them or not. I wanted to pre order at least 2-3 vines. I should call Double A and ask.
I’m interested in Saperavi vines as well. A friend is trialing them in his vineyard. The wine is amazing.A very interesting video, thank you for finding and sharing it. I have to show it to my husband who also wants to make something as simple as possible. As our ancestors did for centuries! The man's name is Georgy (Georgii or Georgiy), and he is from Kavkaz (Caucasus Mountains), former USSR. He can be from the Republic of Georgia or from Armenia. Azerbaijani people may also make homemade wine. I was born and raised in the USSR and remember these rubber gloves on top of carboys. I myself used them as well as rubber balloons if I didn't have gloves. Pople living in Caucasus Mountains make a lot of wine and drink it instead of water sometimes
I don't know cold hardy they are. Republic of Georgia has very mild winters, very soft and even warm in some locations. But if the grapes were selected to grow somewhere in elevated places, then they may be good for our Utah too. We had 4F one night in 2023. I have to plant my grapevines close to our house; they are getting some warmth coming from walls as well as sun (they are facing South).
You should see the sanitation in our hospitals that we had back in the USSR. Or meat/milk/vegetable processing factories. Or our farmers' markets. Or this guy's older videos on wine making
We had a WONDERFUL Saperavi at McGregor when we were up in the finger lakes for our anniversary last year. I would definitely be interested in growing it here as well.
I believe this method adds more yeast in addition to the natural one that is found on grapes
The answer to your question is "I am not sure". We were buying glass jars of homemade wines one summer (long time ago) while on vacation (Carpathian Mountains,1990?).
