About Georgia
Location
Georgia is located in the mountainous South Caucasus region of Eurasia, straddling Western Asia and Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Georgia's northern border with Russia roughly runs along the crest of the Greater Caucasus mountain range – a commonly reckoned boundary between Europe and Asia.
High Mountains
What's the highest mountain range in Europe? The Alps? Wrong. It is the Caucasus Mountains marking the border between Georgia and Russia. While the highest peak is in Russia, Georgia lays claim to the second highest, Shkara, which at 5,193m (17,040 ft) beats Mont Blanc by nearly 400m (1,312 ft).
Kazbegi*, situated in the north of Georgia, is home to Mount Kazbegi (or Mkinvartsveri in the local language) which is the third highest mountain in the country. The beating heart of the region is the village Stepantsminda (formerly known as Kazbegi).
*"Business Insider", a well-known American news website, named Kazbegi Mountains among the 100 places where you have to travel at least once in your life. "Business Insider" asked 20 best travelers, bloggers and writers of the world to name a place that everyone should see.
Black Sea Resorts
Almost everyone knows about Georgia’s popular seaside resorts such as Batumi, Kobuleti and Ureki, Gonio, Kvariati, Sarpi and etc. Latest news stated that Seaside city of Batumi has been featured on VOGUE as —Georgia’s Most Charming Seaside Town.
Wineries
Diverse climatic conditions of Georgia make it a perfect area for developing a high-quality winemaking industry. According to this diversity, the country is divided into the following zones and micro-zones:Kakheti, Kartli, Meskheti, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi, Black Sea coast.
Kakheti is the main region when it comes to Georgian winemaking. Vineyards that give some of the country’s best wines are located in the basins of Alazani and Iori rivers, 400-700 meters above sea level, on the humus-carbonate, black and alluvial soils. Out of 18 registered varieties of Georgian wines that carry the name of the source region, 14 are produced in Kakheti: Tsinandali, Gurjaani, Vazisubani, Manavi, Kardenakhi, Tibaani, Kakheti, Kotekhi, Napareuli, Mukuzani, Teliani, Kindzmarauli, Akhasheni and Kvareli. Besides, among local and cultivated varieties, the following ones should be mentioned: Rkatsiteli, Saperavi, Mtsvane Kakhuri, Kisi, Khikhvi, Budeshuri Tsiteli, Kakhuri Mtsvivani, Sapena, Kumsi Kviteli, Cabernet Sauvignon (French variety), Tavkveri, Ikaltos Tsiteli, etc. Out of grapes cultivated in Kakheti it is possible to make a high quality wines made using Georgian traditional as well as European technology.
