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◎ Sendai French Chef's Blog
From Sendai Station, walk 17 minutes towards the southwest towards the Katahira Campus of Tohoku University.
A 6-minute walk from Aoba-dori Ichibancho Station on the Sendai City Subway Tozai Line towards the Sendai High Court (southwest).
Ura Ichibancho, along Gobashi Street.
Opposite Mitsuharasha, on the first floor with the French flag on display
French home cooking and wine restaurant
[La Fleur de Suligier]
I'm Fumihito Sato, the owner and chef.
I will do my best to be of service to you today as well.
I hope you find this encounter to be a very valuable and meaningful one.
Please stay with us until the end.
This time, we will introduce the wines of Georgia, a historic wine country located in Eastern Europe.
[GEORGIA]
Georgia
◎. Georgian Wine Timeline
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[10th to 13th century AD]
Georgia's Golden Age of Grape and Wine Production
Grape varieties became more diverse and many wineries were established.
[After the 16th century AD]
Georgian viticulture survived the Mongol invasion.
New wineries were built and trade with neighboring countries resumed.
[1669 AD]
The French traveller Jean Chardin visited Georgia in 1669.
According to travelogues, excellent wine from Kakheti was exported in large quantities to the Armenian and Isfahan courts at 8 francs a box. Chardin, praising the quality of Georgian wine, wrote:
...so wonderful
Nowhere is more wine drunk than in Georgia. - Jean Chardin
[1820s-1830s]
European winemaking methods began to be introduced to Georgia. Thanks to the efforts of Alexandre Chavchavadze, Georgian wines came closer to their European counterparts by the end of the 1830s, and the first European-style wineries were established in eastern and western Georgia.
[1830s]
Alexandre Chavchavadze invested 1 million rubles to purchase the Chacha stills and kuvets.
The underground winery, equipped with oak barrels and vulcanized wines, was built in Tsinandali.
The total number of bottles reached 17,000.
These include French wines that are 150 to 200 years old and Saperavi, which was made between 1839 and 1841.
The white wine "Tsinandali" (PDO: Protected Designation of Origin) has been produced since 1886.
[1850s-1860s]
Grape diseases such as powdery mildew became widespread, peaking in the 1880s, and the grape phylloxera (Phylloxera) became widespread in the late 19th century.
[1870s]
Prince Ivanemhlanbatoni built a large winery in the village of Mhlani.
The wine was highly valued within the Russian Empire and was also exported to France and Poland. Georgia's first sparkling wine was also produced.
[1870s]
The characteristics of Georgian grape varieties are described for the first time in a Paris publication.
[1882 AD]
Renowned Kakheti winemaker Zakaria Djordjadze built a winery with dozens of qvevri and oak barrels for aging traditional wines.
Combining traditional methods with new technology, he has taken Georgian winemaking to new heights.
[1884 AD]
David Saradzishvili opens Georgia's first brandy distillery in Tbilisi.
[1880s]
Trademarked Georgian wines, the forerunners of today's PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) wines, were released both domestically and internationally.
"Tsinandali" had been produced since the 1830s, but was only trademarked in 1886.
That's all for today.
This will be continued next time!
Thank you for reading to the end today.
See you again next time on the Lafleur de Suligier blog! (o^^o)
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When it comes to French cuisine in Sendai, La Fleur de Susie
[La fleur de cerisier]
It means "cherry blossom" in French.
We hope that our store will take root in this town like cherry blossoms and become a place that is loved by everyone.
We hope to become a store that can be of use to everyone.
La Fleur de Suligier
1-15-20 Ichibancho, Aoba Ward, Sendai City
Sonoda Building 1st floor
TEL 022-724-7448
Reservations Officer
Fumihito Sato
