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Wrath over grapes
• THE Saperavi grape, mainly but not exclusively from the Kakheti area of Georgia, is not modified but spoilt by “a New World winemaker” to meet what your wine expert states is “Western tastes” because it is simply at that point no longer original, natural and native (Great traditions won’t be shelved by producers, July 26).
Unlike the supermarket wines offered to us in this country at very cheap prices, the rural vineyards of Georgia are free from additives, chemicals and loads of processed sugars.
Apart from the accustomed taste to which we, exiles of the old Russian federation, were used to from our early teens we need to be absolutely sure which vineyards our wines come from.
It is not possible to procure the quality we want at the price you quote of £6.50 per bottle; more like £16.50 and upwards.
Several of our family members purchase by special order and delivery from a vineyard we know well in our home country, but the price exceeds the figures given.
At least we are safe in the knowledge that we know exactly what we get and what we get is what we want without any so-called “modifcation”.
Of course, the average UK wine-drinking customer is less interested in the natural nurture of the grape and its production, at least in my experience, than obtains in my country.
IGOR THOMASINOV
Windsor Road, N7
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