Classic GEORGIAN FOOD & WINERY TOUR in Ateni, Georgia
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2021
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As my epic road trip through Georgia continued into the central part of the country, I decided to visit a bunch of wineries in a country that’s known for its long history of wine-making! Join me as I visit some wineries in Ateni, Georgia!
My boy Tim and I would be heading to Ateni, which is a medieval city in the Tana River valley just south of Gori. The city dates back to the 11th century and was guarded by three fortresses: Ateni Fortress, Vere Fortress, and Deksikhe.
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We began our afternoon at Wine Artisans, a winery that’s actually a local’s home. It’s run by Andro, who invited us in. We got to see bottles of his distilled wine, which contains herbs and fruit. He experiments with lots of ingredients. It smelled good but strong!
He showed us his distillation oven, his vines, and an open-air kitchen. They have an oven table that keeps the food and the people around it warm! Then, we got to see the room containing his qvevri, or gigantic clay pots that are placed underground.
Next, we headed down to try a light and young dry white wine straight from his tanks. We followed that with a 3-grape rosé, which is basically a white wine spiced up with two different reds. It was light, young, and tasty, but very unique and didn’t feel fermented!
Their 2-grape white was great as well! The soil contains limestone, flint, and others that affect the flavor and quality. Next was the Impossible Wine, which is made from two grapes that many people say you shouldn’t mix, but I liked it a lot!
The Naturali Red was amazing, almost like an Italian wine I’d had. I could taste wild cherry and currants. Then, we headed up to his wine storage room, where he stores 48 different styles!
I tried an aged white, which felt a little sweet. Then, I got to see where he bottles, labels, and corks his wine. Next was the agave dry white, which was sweet and contains honey and orange peel. The Dionysus red reserve was my favorite!
We had chakapuli, eggplant stuffed with nigvzis sakmazi (walnut paste), potatoes, bread, and khachapuri.
The chakapuli contains greens, beef, and chilies. The stuffed eggplant also had pomegranate on top and was very spicy! The chakapuli was earthy and fatty and made from grass-fed beef.
I also loved the roasted potatoes with dill, the bean salad, and the jonjoli. The khachapuri contained lots of fresh cheese and was fantastic!
Next, we drove 10-15 minutes to a guesthouse in Ateni. On the way, we stopped at Ateni Monastery, one of the oldest and holiest churches in Georgia. It dates back to the 7th-8th century!
It’s a Georgian Orthodox church and has views of the valley and village. It’s made up of huge bricks and has some carvings on the exterior. Inside are gorgeous frescoes on the walls and ceilings. From there, we continued on to Nika Vacheishvili’s Guesthouse and Wine Cellar.
We drove straight across a river to get to the guesthouse. There, we met Diana and checked out the rooms.
They have a nice terrace where you can relax and slightly larger rooms on the top floor. On the grounds is a covered terrace and gardens where you can eat. They have lots of chacha and wines there!
We started with some 60% chacha and then had green salad, beets cooked in plum sauce, eggplant, carrot salad, local cheese, mixed fried vegetables, and chakrakina (bread stuffed with beet leaves, herbs, and cheese).
After Tim played some backgammon, I finished my night with some red wine!
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Love the ending with two happy ,tired ,drunk friends,.Guaranteed,asleep within 2 minutes! Love it!🇨🇦🇬🇪👍
totally -awesome
Georgia is the homeland of good people. Cheers!
I was in Georgia this summer for 2 weeks. I only remember how I landed and left the county 🤣😂.
This is my dream life bro - traveling, dining, and wining with the locals, people who are passionate about their craft, their country, their foods, their culture... to me, this is the best way to experience life! Definitely want to check out Georgia now after watching this series!
Cheers to my beautiful Georgia and to you guys! 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪
loved when he said, the slower the pace of the wine going down in the glass, the stronger the body of the wine , so can judge without drinking it .. great know how :)
The end of the video is epic 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
Omg you are spoiling us with all this amazing content. And you shot utterly an armada of vlogs in Georgia. Stay safe, regards from Germany 🌸
Andro was a great host. I loved his tour and presentation of the Wine Artisans establishment.
David - pace that wine tasting my friend. 😆😂
He served as a Deputy Defence Minister of Georgia and also President's Chief of Staff. Now he makes wine.
Each Winery is different from the other and the Farm to Table is what m liking the most !!
The series are really getting better and better! Thanks for being committed until the end!! priceless...
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Amazing country people food omg how i missing Georgia. Thanks you bro for this video 🥇👍🍷🍷🍷
Loved the ending kind of jealous I wasn’t there vibing with yous looks like you had a fun time 🥰
We love that place, we need to visit it soon. Thank you David 👍🏼
Tim seems to know Georgia by heart. He knows every place. If I ever travel to Georgia, he will be my boy too
every second Georgian knows Tim because he knows every second Georgian :)
@@wineartisans2315 how can I find him on social media?
Little tipsy at the end :) ;) Very good and funny video and i liked it!
man! the last part was quite funny! both seems to be under the influence you know
You’re a cool guy David. Great content. Bourdain would be proud!
Amazing David
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34:38 super cool wine collection big like
David ure looking so young with a clean shave.... Ure looking more and more photogenic.... Your soul reflecting in ur expressions and your well done travel food.. Journeying
ahh, i want to be there too... nice trip david ✌
I wish i could eat like you! I look at food and gain!
Amazing....
Wine heaven bro 🍷
i love it
Someone tell him when he drinks and clinks glasses he always must be right-handed. This applies to the handshake as well.
Wonderfull video and beautifull georgia
At the end you were drunk david
From the heart,love from India...From the golden temple video...
y know how lifevis good what y eating chaqafulii 😁😁😁❤️❤️❤️
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My guy David out here trashed at the end of this video 😂😂😂
David you're literary limping in the last part of the video because you drank too much . 😆
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Can you please also cover Azerbaijan🇦🇿 after Georgia? There are no videos anywhere on it's cuisine.
Is there a way we could interview you for Georgian2go? You've turned into my favorite UA-camr in the shortest amount of time. I've been on youtube for 15 years btw.
Nice Video, Great Job, From Pakistan
In old days we were saying more then Cheers,like dancin, singing and other,but not anymore,some do,some don't anymore,that's sad
David you look like Georgian btw, in that headwear ))
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Hey are you still in georgia?
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Fortha
Not to be confused with Athens, Georgia, USA.
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Pretty drunk in the end. Lol
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13 thumbs down - HOW??????
David, after Georgia go buy new Liver:)
Where the f..........k do you store all that wine in your body
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Your one click can change my life 😭😭....
Alcoholishly yours...
Have you ever check out yo liver?Or pancrea...You drink soooo much!!!!
He is acting a bit weird..!
Wait is he drunk..?
Bro we all are missing indian food please come to India we all love you
Stop mooching off those nice people
All those nice people. Honestly you were embarrassing.
how can you say like that moron(?)
Yes he is embarrassing. He always tries to mooch off people for free food and booze. SHAME
@@tiac6394 I mean come on,just don't say something like that.Just ignore the Channel and video if u really2 HATE David so much.
What do you even mean ?