Every day I see a new label on the shelves of my favorite wine shops and make a silent toast to all these people embracing the splendor of winemaking. Never before in Georgia’s 8000 years of wine culture have we seen so many independent winemakers bottling their wines. Some are rejuvenating long-forgotten grape varieties like chkapa, buza, and otskhanuri sapere, or playing with well-established varieties like rkhatsiteli and saperavi in the cellar to create some original, mind blowing vintages. There has never been a more exciting time to explore Georgia’s crazy wine culture than right now.