Georgia Looks Toward End of Russia's Wine Embargo
Six years ago, Russia hit Georgia with a wine embargo. Suddenly, a market that had taken 80 percent of Georgia’s wine exports was closed. Now, in the days after Georgians elected a Moscow-trained prime minister, there is serious talk of lifting the embargo. In Sighnaghi, a 120-kilometer drive east of Tbilisi, some winemakers say they have adjusted to business without the massive Russian market. Here in the eastern hills of Georgia, archeologists say they have found the earliest ...