Moldova, Georgia wine

Moldova, no, but apparently that may be the next source of cheap not to bad booze according to some of the know-a-lots. Georgia, strangely, YES - I got a set of three bottles of wine all from the former Soviet Union as a 50-years-gift - one was a Xampgnski from Crimea (consumed immediately by the next of kin), one a 1994 Estonian apple wine (still in my cellar, awaiting the right moment) and, the third, a bottle of Georgian red. We drank that a few months later, it was, as I recall, of the '95 or '96 viontage - a robust, red, slightly fruity wine with a bit of funk and a bit of oxydization - could have pbutted for something bucolic from the Mediterranean seashore - I din't sign up for the en primeur but, I've had worse. Also, it is a bit of food for thought that, most likely, that was Where It All Began some 6000 years ago (also, if you are into that sort of thing, check up on Genesis 1).

HTH