[Part 2] Yanick Arakelov's Journey: Owner of Silk Road Wines from the Country of Georgia

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📢I talk🎙️with Yanick Arakelov Co-Owner of Silk Road Wines 🍷 and Keaton Maddox, Director of Communications! They stop by and discuss Silk Road WInes and Yanick's journey from being born in the country of Georgia to opening Silk Road Wines in Orlando, FL. 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏😋 🥂
"Part 2" focuses on the History of the "Silk Road" and why it was important to name their winery after this important part of history. We also taste through 4 wines:
Yanick and his team created all their own brands and labels. They source from family wineries that are experts in the varietals they produce.
The Silk Road Wine name represents the "Silk Road" which was part of a network of trade routes that connected the world with goods including wine and many other goods.
Wines Tasted 🍷 😋 🎉
Manavi $14.99 Dry White from Kakheti
Khikhvi Qvevri $25.99 Amber 6 months in qvevri from Kakheti
Saperavi Reserve $45 Dry Red from Kakheti
Alazani $13.99 Semi-sweet red wine from Kakheti
https://silkroadwines.com/
Check out this amazing Wine Pairing Wheel that shows tasting notes of each wine and what varietal they most taste like that you know.
Georgia Winemaking
Winemaking tradition dating to 6000 BCE (8,000+ Years)
500+ Indigenous Grape Varietals
100,000 family wineries (2,400 produce commercially)
Kakheti Region is responsible for 95% of Georgia's output, eastern, mountainous
Ferment grapes on their skins in qvevri for years resulting in amber colored wine
- 60 Minutes's Segment on Georgian Winemakers 🍷
- New York Times feature on Silk Road Wines
- Wine-Searcher article on modern winemaking styles in Georgia featuring Yanick
- Blog on pairing Georgian wines with traditional holiday foods
- Blog on Modern Georgian winemaking
- Free Education Resource all about Wines of Georgia
- Konstantin Baum - Master of Wine Explains Georgian Wine
#wine #Georgi

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Chapters

1. [Part 2] Yanick Arakelov's Journey: Owner of Silk Road Wines from the Country of Georgia (00:00:00)

2. Welcome (00:00:22)

3. Changing Up the Format (00:00:39)

4. How it started (00:01:34)

5. Why was it Called the Silk Road? (00:02:15)

6. Original Style Brand (00:02:22)

7. Why the Trade Route is Called Silk Road? (00:02:41)

8. Original Style Brand (00:04:22)

9. Types of Georgian Grapes (00:07:24)

10. Keeping Indigenous Varietals Alive (00:09:32)

11. Why They Created Their Own Label (00:11:53)

12. Our COVID-19 Shift (00:15:12)

13. Tasting Manavi (00:17:00)

14. Tasting Khikhvi (00:24:32)

15. Does the Low Oxygen Contact Help the Wine Age? (00:38:52)

16. Tasting Saperavi Reserve (00:44:03)

17. Tasting Alazani (00:48:48)

18. On-Premise Restaurant Strategy (00:56:31)

19. Produced by Fedora J Productions (01:04:51)