Wine

Jsc Cradle of Wine

Appears in
Tasting Georgia: A Food and Wine Journey in the Caucasus
Tasting Georgia

By Carla Capalbo

Published 2017

  • About
Paul Rodzianko is a businessman from Tuxedo Park, New York who came to Georgia in 2008. Chairman of the Hermitage Museum Foundation, Rodzianko’s business activities focus on Russian-American links in culture, energy and environmental technology. He has worked too with an industrial winery in Kakheti, Teliani Valley.

Alex Rodzianko

Paul’s son, Alex, first became interested in qvevri wines through John Wurdeman. Father and son decided to make wine, buying a house and building a cellar in Sighnaghi. They own 9 hectares (22 acres) of vineyards in the Sighnaghi area at Ojio, Khashmi and Nukriani. Alex and Paul began working in qvevri and bottling their wines. They produce field blends from the older vineyards, as well as Rkatsiteli and Kakhuri Mtsvane.