Our Vineyard: History, Tradition, and Love of the Land
Nine Oaks wine is made the traditional Georgian way – aged underground in large clay vessels called Qvevri. Our Qvevri were handmade by a master-maker, his three sons and two mules one sunny summer. It’s a slow process (just like creating our wine) done by building up layers of local clay just 15mm a day with drying time between. When the qvevri are finished, they are fired in a brick oven, then lined with local, organic beeswax. Transport is a whole-village affair, with neighbors helping load the two-ton vessels onto a truck to make the journey to our marani.
