Definition: Georgia

This country can boast a thousand-year-old wine-growing culture. Vines are a common decorative motif in art and architecture. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the civil war of 1991 had serious consequences for the country's vineyards. The country owes its wine-growing revival to a number of young people who studied abroad and were determined to restore the local wine industry to its former glory. Today, most of the production (90%) is exported to Russia and the former Soviet republics. France, Germany, the United States and Japan are more anecdotal destinations.