Editing Georgia (country) (section)

=== Wine ===
{{Main|Georgian wine}}
[[File:Rkatsiteli iveriuli.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rkatsiteli]] ''[[kvevri]]'' wine in a glass. Wine-making is a traditional component of the Georgian economy.]]
Georgia is [[History of wine|one of the oldest wine-producing countries]] in the world. Archaeology indicates that fertile valleys and slopes in and around Georgia have been home to [[grapevine]] cultivation and [[neolithic]] wine production ({{lang-ka|ღვინო}}, ''ɣvino'') for millennia.<ref name="Vinologue">{{citation |author=Miquel Hudin |author2=Daria Kholodolina|title=Georgia: A guide to the cradle of wine |url=http://www.vinologue.com/books/georgia/ |page=300|year=2017|publisher=[[Vinologue]]|isbn=978-1-941598-05-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Traditional winemaking in Georgia – the oldest wine in the world |date=3 February 2014 |website=cycloscope |url=http://cycloscope.weebly.com/blog/traditional-winemaking-in-georgia-the-oldest-wine-in-the-world |access-date=2015-04-15  |archive-date=2015-04-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150415080208/http://cycloscope.weebly.com/blog/traditional-winemaking-in-georgia-the-oldest-wine-in-the-world}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Unearthing Georgia's wine heritage |first=Ivan |last=Watson |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/20/georgia.wine.heritage/ |access-date=21 February 2018 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=29 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429114827/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/04/20/georgia.wine.heritage/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{sfnp|Spilling|Wong|2008|p=128}} Local traditions associated with wine are entwined with its national identity.<ref name="Vinologue" /> In 2013, [[UNESCO]] added the ancient traditional Georgian winemaking method using the [[Kvevri]] clay jars to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.<ref name="Vinologue" /><ref name="ich.unesco.org">{{Cite web|title=UNESCO – Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method|url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists|access-date=2019-09-09 |website=ich.unesco.org}}</ref>

Georgia's moderate climate and moist air, influenced by the [[Black Sea]], provide the best conditions for vine cultivation. The soil in vineyards is so intensively cultivated that the grapevines grow up the trunks of fruit trees, eventually hanging down along the fruit when they ripen. This method of cultivation is called ''maglari''.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Georgian feast: the vibrant culture and savory food of the Republic of Georgia |last1= Goldstein |first1= Darra |year=1958 |publisher= University of California Press |location= US|isbn= 0-520-21929-5 |page=4 }}</ref> Among the best-known Georgian wine regions are [[Kakheti]] (further divided into the micro-regions of [[Telavi]] and [[Kvareli]]), [[Kartli]], [[Imereti]], [[Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti]], [[Adjara]] and Abkhazia.

Georgian wine has been a contentious issue in recent relationships with Russia. [[Georgia–Russia relations|Political tensions with Russia]] have contributed to the 2006 [[2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines|Russian embargo]] of Georgian wine, Russia claimed Georgia produced [[counterfeit]] wine. It was an "official" reason, but the instability of economic relations with Russia is well known, as they use the economic ties for political purposes.<ref name="rferl 1076202">{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1076202.html|title=Position Unchanged On Russian WTO Negotiations|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=2 February 2012 |access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> Counterfeiting problems stem from mislabelling by foreign producers and falsified "Georgian Wine" labels on wines produced outside of Georgia and imported into Russia under the auspices of being Georgian produced.<ref name="rferl 1076202" /> The shipment of counterfeit wine has been primarily channelled through [[Government of Russia|Russian]] managed customs checkpoints in Russian-occupied Georgian territories Abkhazia and South Ossetia, where no inspection and regulation occurs.<ref name="rferl 1076202" />