A TRIP TO THE WINE DISTRICT

 Today was wonderful day. We were  able to get out of the office and make a trip to the country side to see my client's facilities. We traveled to the famous Georgian wine district. Similar to the Napa Valley of California. My client has established a tourist type operation complete with a restaurant, bakery, creamery, and winery. With the addition of the new cold storage unit, they will also sell apples, persimmons, grapes, and pomegranates  Cold storage is new enterprise here. There really is no commercial cold storage facilitates in Georgia. I have been invited here to help them get their coolers started and advise them on proper cold storage operation.

The day was short on work and long on enjoyment. I had a tour and was able to get  the photos below

New Cold Storage

Winery

The clay pots you see are the traditional way of storing wine. They would bury the clay pots in the cool earth a fill them with wine.

Best Georgian Wine 2008

Wine Tasting Room

Smoking Den With Water Pipe

Fire Place

Moonshine Still

Moonshine is legal in Georgia. There is also a butter churn and flour mill in the background.  The restaurant is filled with antiques.

Wine Grapes

Soviet Era Tractor

A Fine Meal

After the tour and a brief working session on the cold storage plan, we sat down to a beautiful lunch complete with local wine and moonshine.