#GEORGIANWINE: 360° Geo Reportage - Georgien, die Wiege des Weins Doku (2009)

Wer sich in Georgien begrüßt, fragt nicht: „Wie geht es Dir?“, sondern „Wie geht es Deinem Weinstock?“ Wein ist hier heilig. Experten gehen sogar davon aus, dass Georgien eines der Ursprungsländer für den Weinanbau ist. Seit Jahrtausenden werden die Reben unter idealen klimatischen und geologischen Bedingungen gezüchtet. Zu Sowjetzeiten belieferte das Land die gesamte UdSSR mit dem traditionell süßen Wein. Etwa 85 Prozent der Produktion wurden exportiert. Nach dem Zusammenbruch des kommunistischen Systems war Russland noch immer der größte Abnehmer. Als Moskau jedoch aufgrund der starken Konflikte zwischen beiden Ländern ein Embargo verhängt, leidet Georgien unter einem Absatzproblem. Denn der Wein wird weiter angebaut und gelesen.

Um auf dem Weltmarkt bestehen zu können und neue Kunden zu gewinnen, suchen die georgischen Winzer nach Strategien, um ihre Ware international zu vermarkten. Einer von ihnen ist Dato Maisuradse. Zusammen mit anderen Winzern versucht er, den georgischen Wein unter einer Qualitätsmarke zu etablieren. Kein leichtes Unterfangen, denn bisher unterlag die Produktion eher dem Prinzip Masse statt Klasse. Hinzu kommt, dass nach den Jahren der kommunistischen Planwirtschaft jeder Weinbauer allein auf seiner Parzelle wirtschaftete.

Kooperativen assoziieren diese Menschen immer noch mit gefürchteter Bevormundung und staatlicher Kontrolle. Dennoch will Dato Maisuradse die Bauern für sich gewinnen und ihre Kräfte gewinnbringend bündeln. Ihre Anstrengungen tragen nun erste Früchte: Wird die Zukunft des georgischen Weins etwa in China liegen?

SONG: Basiani - Ratchuli Alilo/ ზემორაჭული ალილო (Youtube.com)

Christmas ritual song from Ratcha region


more here: georgianorthodoxchurch.wordpress.com/alilo

PHOTOGRAPHY: Tsageri - in Racha Lekhumi. By Robert Senftleben (flickr.com)

Tsageri (2009) at the foot of the Caucasus lies Tsageri a small town, in which it can be hard to find any thing else than sweet russian bunny milk - There is cows every where in the streets - but that does not mean that the shelves are packed with milk products like in Denmark when you go to the supermarkets - To a much higher degree people we saw in Georgia seem to supply them selves from their own cow, chickens and gardens than is the case in Northern Europe.

Source: flickr.com/fromdenmarktoindia

Set: flickr.com/georgia 

Georgia Photo: Underground Exploration. By Temo Bardzimashvili (eurasianet.org)

Nika Gugeshashvili, a local guide, looks at a stalagmite in a cave around Oni, a major town in the mountain region of Racha, Georgia. An adjacent region to the intensively promoted Svaneti, Racha remains mostly unknown to foreign tourists.

Temo Bardzimashvili is a freelance photojournalist based in Tbilisi.

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Wer sich in Georgien begrüßt, fragt nicht: "Wie geht es dir?", sondern "Wie geht es Deinem Weinstock?" Wein ist hier heilig. Experten gehen sogar davon aus, dass Georgien eines der Ursprungsländer für den Weinanbau ist; seit Jahrtausenden werden die Reben unter idealen klimatischen und geologischen Bedingungen gezüchtet. Zu Sowjetzeiten belieferte das Land die gesamte UdSSR mit dem traditionell süßen Wein. Etwa 85 Prozent der Produktion wurden exportiert. Nach dem Zusammenbruch des kommunistischen Systems war Russland noch immer der größte Abnehmer; seit es jedoch starke Konflikte zwischen beiden Ländern gibt und Moskau ein Embargo verhängt hat, leidet Georgien unter einem Absatzproblem. Denn der Wein wird weiter angebaut und gelesen.
Um weltmarktfähig zu werden und neue Kunden zu gewinnen, suchen die georgischen Winzer nach Strategien, um ihre Ware international zu vermarkten. Einer von ihnen ist Dato Maïsouradzé. Zusammen mit anderen Winzern versucht er, den georgischen Wein unter einer Qualitätsmarke zu etablieren. Kein leichtes Unterfangen, denn bisher unterlag die Produktion eher dem Prinzip Masse statt Klasse. Hinzu kommt, dass nach den Jahren der kommunistischen Planwirtschaft jeder Weinbauer allein auf seiner Parzelle wirtschaftete.
Kooperativen assoziieren diese Menschen immer noch mit gefürchteter Vormundschaft und staatlicher Kontrolle. Dennoch will Dato Maïsouradzé die Bauern für sich gewinnen und ihre Kräfte gewinnbringend bündeln. Ihre Anstrengungen tragen nun erste Früchte: Wird die Zukunft des georgischen Weins etwa in China liegen?

PHOTOGALLERY: Svaneti by Vittorio Sella in 1886-1890

Svaneti by Vittorio Sella in 1886-1890 (Set)

Vittorio Sella, a famous Italian mountaineer and photographer of the 19th century, spent considerable time exploring the wonders of Svaneti. Photographs taken during his travels there reveal the people who have also been influenced by their natural environment. They are tall like their mountains and their eyes are as blue as the Svanetian sky. Vittorio Sella travelled to Svaneti and Racha three times and mounted 30 peaks. He compiled a valuable material on Georgia. His photographs were exhibited in London in 1890 and received the highest award by the Royal Geographic Society.

In 1889-1890 the famous mountain-climber and pioneer of photography, Count Vittorio Sella made a number of climbs in Svaneti. Earlier he participated in the expeditions in the Alps, Africa and Asia, Alaska. He created an impressive series,which was later exhibited by the British Geographical Society. His studies, pictures and diaries were collected by his ancestor Lodovico Sella.

The interest toward Sella's figure revived, when the famous public figure end documentary film director Rezo Tabukashvili found and managed to bring to Tbilisi the collection of pictures taken by Sella in Svaneti and Racha.
One of the Caucasian peaks still bear the name of Vittorio Sella. These pictures represent the best samples of the photography of late XIX century. According to the famous American photographer Ansel Adams, the purity of Sella's interpretation inspires religious reverence. V. Sella photos are kept in the State CinemaPhotoPhono Archive.

Svanetia Land in Caucasus.
Italian photographer and alpinist Vittorio Sella in his book gave the description of Mt. Ushba seen from the upper course of the Ingur river, Svanetia: "Behind this village a much more ancient sovereign dominated the valley from on high: Mt. Ushba, the mountain of rain. At dusk this soaring peak is sublime in the elegance of its indomitable forms, if at first glance it is surprising, upon closer observation its fantastic lines simply fascinate one. The white pyramid of Mt. Tetnuld in the distance and the long snowy crest moving towards Mt. Shkhara are the background of a stupendously grandiose picture. "

Blocked off to the north by the Greater Caucasus and to the south and east by the Sva-netskiy range, the peaks of which rise to 4,000 meters, the region has been virtually isolated since ancient times. In 253 B.C. the Georgian tsar Saurmag called the capital of Svanetia, Mestia, "the abode of silence and calm, " and sent his rebellious subjects there in exile. The region was never dominated hy feudatory princes; but a high price was paid for this independence. The inhabitants of the valley had to fight to the last man in cruel wars, barricaded in their typical fortress-like houses - singular towers made of square blocks of stone without windows. Many of these constructions still remain, especially in Mestiya; most of them were built in the period bridging the 12th and 13th centuries, during the golden age of Svanetia. According to legend, families found refuse from vendettas in these towers, remaining shut up there with arms and provisions for years on end. To this day Svanetian society has a tribal structure, the main cell of which, the clan, consists of 20-30 families (200-.?00 persons) that jealously preserve their ancient traditions. Mountaineering is also a part of Svanetian tradition, in 1903 a courageous hunter, Muratbi Kibolani, together with two Englishmen, was the first to climb Mt. Ushha from this side. The locals did not believe him, since they felt it was impossible to gain the top of the mountain, so Kibolani climbed the peak by himself and lit a fire to give proof of his feat. But the most famous alpinist in Svanetia was Michael Kherghiani, who took part in the first ascents of all the most difficult peaks in the Caucasus system. Together with V. Onischenko, he climbed some of the most arduous routes in the Alps, such as the Walker spur in the Grandes ]orasses and the Petit Dru. He died in the Dolomites in 1969 in Su Alto group.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: Racha, village Shqmeri (1720m). Text & Photos on August 16, 2007 by Dato Rostomashvili

Valiko, 98 Years old

  

 

Text & Photos on August 16, 2007 by Dato Rostomashvili

Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (Georgian: რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი Račha-Lečxumi da Kvemo Svaneti) is a region in northwestern Georgia which includes the historical provinces of Racha, Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (i.e., Lower Svaneti). It covers an area of 4,954 km² and has a population of 50,969 (2002 census). It is the most sparsely populated region in the country. The capital is Ambrolauri.

 Racha 12 photos

PHOTOGRAPHY: Oni Synagogue in Racha with the Oldest Torah in Georgia (Caucasus)

Once, half of Oni was Jewish. After massive out-migration in the early 90s, only about 25 worshippers remain

This man kindly opened the synagogue for us, and brought out the Torah for us to admire.

The Torah it's printed on calfskin.

The Oldest Torah in Georgia didn't catch how old, but old enough that reportedly some Israelis want to take it to Israel for safekeeping.

Binding the Torah

Uploaded on August 9, 2007 by Susan Astray

VERTICAL LANDSCAPES

The PHOTOGRAPHY of VITTORIO SELLA 1879-1943

FROM 26-01-2006 TO 17-04-2006

EXTENDED to 07-05-2006

Turin, GAM Via Magenta, 31
Opening: every day 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursdays 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Closed Mondays.

GAM di Torino, on the occasion of the Cultural Olympics accompanying the 20th Olympic Winter Games, is staging an important retrospective of the works of Vittorio Sella, a pioneer in mountain photography. The exhibition reveals to enthusiasts, and to all those with an interest, pictures that mark a fundamental moment in the representation of high-altitude landscapes.
The son of Giuseppe Venanzio Sella, the scientist and pioneer of photography in Italy (it was he who wrote the first Italian treatise on photography: Plico del fotografo, 1853), Vittorio Sella inherited a love of photography from his father, and a love of the mountains from his uncle Quintino, the founder of CAI, the Italian Alpine Club. These two passions led to the creation of a vast work of documentation, with thousands of plates and original prints now housed at the Fondazione Sella in Biella. From 1879 to 1909 he went on photography expeditions in the Alps, the Caucasus, and in Africa, Alaska and Asia, some of them with the Duke of the Abruzzi. His photographs very soon became key works of reference for geographical societies, mapmakers, geologists and, of course, mountaineers. Still today his photographs are a precious source of information for historic and scientific studies.
Technical skill, a balanced sense of perspective and of dominant lines, framing constructed in the form of a series of scenes, contrasts of light and shade, and extremely subtle gradations of tones and nuances form a masterly aesthetic whole, which reveals the extraordinary level of quality that was a constant feature of Sella’s photographs.
The exhibition will present about 100 photographs: original prints by Vittorio Sella using various formats and techniques, from 1879 to 1943. They include some extraordinary panoramas made up of photographs placed one next to the other, which the Biella-born photographer made during his numerous expeditions.

Exhibition curated by Lodovico Sella, organised and produced by GAM.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue, published by GAM – Fondazione Torino Musei, with pictures from the exhibition and essays by Marina Miraglia and Giuseppe Garimoldi.
Incoming: € 7.50 full; € 4.00 reduced

More: www.gamtorino.it

Links:

A Passion for Svaneti "[...] To Georgians, the Sv... 15. Febr. 2006 Rappo
Vittorio Sella , a famous Italian mountaineer and photographer of the 19th century, ... Vittorio Sella travelled to Svaneti and Racha three times and mounted 30 peaks. ... Vittorio Sella - Portraits Vittorio Sella ist wohl der grösste ...
Kurze Geschichte des Bergführens im Kaukasus Deuts... 22. März 2006 Rappo
Die Namen von Gakha Tsiklauri , Iagor Kazalikashwili und vieler anderer finden sich in den Berichten der Expeditionen von Freshfield, Merzbacher, Sella ua Das Bergführerdiplom, 1925 von der geographischen Gesellschaft Georgiens erstmals ...

Summit : Vittorio Sella : Mountaineer and Photographer : The Years 1879-1909 (Hardcover) by Greg Child (Contributor), Ansel Adams (Contributor), David Brower (Contributor), Paul Kallmes (Contributor), Wendy M. Watson (Contributor), Vittorio Sella (Photographer)

Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Aperture (September 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0893818089
ISBN-13: 978-0893818081
Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 11.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.23 pounds

From Library Journal

This book is a careful reproduction of some of the best black-and-white landscape photography ever collectedAthe work of Vittorio Sella. A courageous photographer and mountaineer, Sella climbed peaks on three continents to record stunning views at the top of the world; this book should make us grateful that he hauled heavy photography equipment on those ascents. The strength of this volume is its collection of images: tucked and rolling glaciers, unyielding mountains that seem to run in an infinite sequence from close to distant, and deep gaps full of the treachery of silence. The absolute clarity of the portraits demonstrates this climber's mastery of his medium. The images here look bold and contemporary: pure gatherings of white (snow), black (jagged peaks and ledges blocking sun), and various greys (clouds, shadows, and crevices). Ansel Adams's preface byAwhich he wrote as an appreciation in 1939Ajoins with reverent essays by other Sella admirers who know enough to stand aside while the photographs earn their own silent appreciation. Recommended for public and academic libraries.ADavid Bryant, New Canaan P.L., NJ Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book

Description

Weighted with heavy, nineteenth-century camera equipment, Vittorio Sella climbed some of the world's most mysterious, perilous peaks and photographed them, many for the first time. His strikingly elegant photographs, which in Ansel Adams's words, "revealed [the mountains] in all their sheer majesty," offer groundbreaking scientific and documentary information as well. Climbers today still use Sella's pictures to map out routes and to better comprehend their challenges and the magnificence to come.Through Sella's images, we can witness the grandeur of the world's greatest peaks; the Russian Caucasus, the Saint Elias Range in Alaska, Mount Ruwenzori in Africa, the Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas. His photographic documentation of these peaks had no precedents and has few, if any, equals.Greg Child is a mountaineer and author of Thin Air (Dell, 1993). Wendy Watson is curator of exhibitions at Mount Holyoke College. Paul Kallmes, a renowned member of the American Alpine Club, has worked closely with the Fondazione Sella for several years.Published in association with Fondazione Sella and the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.

HISTORY: A Passion for Svaneti - Vittorio Sella travelled to Svaneti and Racha

"[...] To Georgians, the Svanetian has always personified pride and persistence. Vittorio Sella, a famous Italian mountaineer and photographer of the 19th century, spent considerable time exploring the wonders of Svaneti. Photographs taken during his travels there reveal the people who have also been influenced by their natural environment. They are tall like their mountains and their eyes are as blue as the Svanetian sky. Vittorio Sella travelled to Svaneti and Racha three times and mounted 30 peaks. He compiled a valuable material on Georgia. His photographs were exhibited in London in 1890 and received the highest award by the Royal Geographic Society [...]
 

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ABOUT THE CAUCASUS

Caucasus is a mountainous country stretching along borders of Europe and Asia in the limits of Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The highest, axis part of upland region expanding on 1100 km between Black and Caspian Seas in the North-West- South-East direction is called Great Caucasus.

Great Caucasus mountains are rather young by geology. The tectonic uplands, the relief is exposed by intensive destructive influence of glaciers, rivers, wind erosion. Mountainous summits composed by firm rocks have peak, fortress and pyramid forms. The areas of soft rocks are presented by round forms with flat tops and sheer slopes.

There are various of profiles of river valleys – from wide trough-formed made by ancient glaciers to narrow, impassable canions.

This area has rather high seismic. The main part of Great Caucasus upland region is formed by two almost parallel and just the same by altitude ridges: Glavny (Main) or Vodorazdelny (Watershed), and Peredovoy transforming into Bokovoy (Side) on the East. Glavny ridge stretches as unbroken mountain range, but Peredovoy and Bokovoy ridges are alternating mountain mass parted by diametrical river plains.

A number of wavy mountain ridges descending to the plain the nearest of which named Scalisty (Rocky) and Pastbischny (Pasture) ridges consisting of hollow from the East and steep to the South. The southern slope of Great Caucasus on the whole is shorter and steeper than northern especially in the eastern part. It expands by side ridge-spurs: Khahetinsky, Khartlinsky, Rachinsky, Svanetsky, Khodorsky, Chhaltssky, Bzbsky, Gagrsky.

Great Caucasus is divided into three parts: Western Caucasus, Central and Eastern ( with conventional borders by meridians crossing Elbrus and Khazbek).

The climate of Great Caucasus is determined by its southern situating, by proximity of Black and Meditaranian seas, and also by considerable mountain ridges altitude. Great Caucasus is a barrier on the way of mass motion with damp, warm air from the West. More precipitation is on the southern slopes, maximum quantity- in the western part where in highlands drops out more than 2500 mm per year(most of all – in our country). There is the precipitation quantity to the east – 600 mm per year. The northern slope of Great Caucasus on the whole is drier than southern.

In Great Caucasus mountains which are on the not so extensive area are presented by large set of climatic zones with expressed belts according to the altitude: Black seaside damp subtropics, chilly-continental (to the East till sub-desert) climate with hot summer and short and cold winter on Caucasus- forward plains; temperate continental climate of mountains-forward with considerable precipitation (especially in the western part) and much-snowy winter ( in Krasnaya Polyana (Red Field) area on the rivers Bzyb and Chhalta snowy cover reaches 5 m and even 8 m). There is cold and wet climate in the alpine glasslands, winter lasts for 7 months; average temperature of August, the warmest month is from 0 °C to +10 °C. There is so-called nival belt higher it where the average temperature of warmest month isn’t higher 0 °C . The precipitations here is snow or hail.

At foothills January average temperatures are –5 °C in the North and from +3 °C to +6 °C in the South: on the altitude 2000 m –7-8 °C; on the 3000 m altitude -12 °C; on the 4000 m altitude –17 °C. At foothills July average temperatures are +24 °C in the West; in the East till +29 °C; on the 2000 m altitude +14 °C; on the 3000 m altitude +8 °C; on the 4000 m +2 °C. In Great Caucasus the snow-line height raising from West to South fluctuates in the limits of 2770-8900 m over sea level. Its average note is different for northern and southern slopes. In Western Caucasus it accordingly 3010 and 3090 m, in Central - 3360 and 3560 m, in Eastern – 3700 and 3800 m.

Great Caucasus the modern covering with ice total square is 1780 sq. km. The number of glaciers – 2047, theirs tongues descend to absolute peaks: 2300-2700 m (Western Caucasus), 1950-2400 m (Central Caucasus), 2400-3200 m (Eastern Caucasus). The larger covering with ice part is the its northern side. The distribution of covering with ice square between northern and southern sides is: Western Caucasus –282 and 163 sq. km.; Central Caucasus -835 and 385 sq. km.; Eastern Caucasus – 114 and 1 sq. km.

Caucasus glaciers have diverse forms. Here you can see grandiose and ice-falls with seraks, and ice grottos, “tables”, “mills”, deep cracks. Glaciers take out lots of fragment material which accumulates in the form of different moraines on sides and near the tongue of glacier.

Great Caucasus is rather inhabited. On the 2000-2250 m altitude you can meet populated stations, industrial and agricultural enterprises.

The main regional transport means is an automobile. Qualitative roads with firm cover are constructed to the most of stations, alpine grasslands have unpaved highways, in places of forest-falling and geological prospecting – tractor ruts. There are only three auto-roads in force crossing Glavny (Main) Caucasus ridge: Voenno-Gruzzinskaya (Military-Georgian) road (through "Cross" pass –2819 m), connecting Vladicaucasus and Tbilisy; under Rokhsky pass the tunnel has made a hole on which there is a modern highway; Voenno-Osetinskaya (Military-Osetinskaya) road (through Mamisonsky pass –2819 m), accessible to high accessibility autos and during warm season only. Through Great Caucasus watershed passes are known long before through such passes as: Sanchara (2600 m), Maruh (2740 m), Kluhor (2816 m), Donguzorun (3161 m), Tviber (3580 m), Gezevtsek (3465 m).

Populated stations are connected by buses with district centers, some of them – by small aviation planes (Suhumy-Pshu, Mestiya-Khutaisy, Telavi-Omalo, Mahachkhala-Bezhda, Tlyarata, etc.). Helicopters is a great help in this region.

Railway roads turn round mountains-forward of Great Caucasus. Short brunches go to finish stations in cities of Maikop, Labinsk, Cherkessk, Khislovodsk, Nalchik, Vladicaucasus, Buynaksk, Chiatura, Tshinvaly, Telavy that helps in up-approaches to the routs beginning and departure after its finish.

Great Caucasus mountain-forward part is well-mastered, agriculture and industry are well-developed. There are a lot of towns here: Baku, Tbilisy, Khutaisy, Suhumy, Sochy, Maikop, Cherkessk, Nalchic, Vladicaucasus and Mahachkhala.

Comfortable geographical position, the proximity of country well-developed regions great cities, the mountain-forward dense population – all this makes Great Caucasus one of the most visited by tourists mountain region. Here they have mountain routs for any qualification groups and conditions for holding of all tourist sport and teaching actions: competitions, meetings, gatherings, schools, etc. The variety of landscapes and the abundance of historical and cultural monuments make special beauty to Great Caucasus tracks. There are hundreds of different mountain 1-6 complication category routs. The acquaintance with wonderful land, its nature and history doesn’t go apart with the sport requirement execution.

The most complicated routs are in Central Caucasus where there are about 20 of highest difficulty passes, 135 passes from 1A to 2A complication category and 82 passes from 2B to 3B complication category. Great Caucasus high-mountain part has 170 1A-2A complication category passes and 25 2B-3B complication category passes. Routs attract by high mountains with thick vegetation and proximity of Black seaside combination. During last time Eastern Caucasus with its wider territories approaches to the main high-mountain passes, by the historical monuments abundance and by specific nature. Here are 336 1A-2A complication category passes and 95 2B-3B complication category passes.

The best time for trekking, backpacking, pass hopping, mountaineering and climbing in highlands – from 1 June to 30 September, moreover the most favourable period is from 15 June to 15 September. Today are popular 1-2 complication category treks in mountains with altitude less 3000 m in the first half of May just the same as mass climbings on Elbrus and Kazbek. During winter period ( early spring and autumn too) in connection with unstable weather, snowfalls and high avalanche danger in highlands are found only a few experienced tourists groups.

Link: Central and Eastern Caucasus (south side, Georgia) selected fotogallery (NEW!)

Photos: courtesy of Levan Palavandishvily, Chief of "Agrotourism Association of Georgia"& Beso Tsitelashvily.

Kazbegi (Kazbek) mountain (5033 m, Central/East Caucasus, Main Caucasus Range) - popular goal for climbing with few simple routes. Summer view

Mountain in the Kazbegi area

Caves in Racha-Imereti area (near the cities of Oni, Ambrolauri) are the real paradise for speleotourists!

Enter to the one of the Kazbegi gorges.