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🍷 Qvevri are large, egg-shaped terracotta clay pots used for the fermentation and maturation of wine in Georgia. They are either buried below ground or set into the floors of large wine cellars.
🇬🇪 In western Georgia qvevri are called churi.
Modern qvevri range 800 to 3500 liters; the smaller ones are used for fermentation, the larger, for elevage.
👉 The clay qvevri are lined once before use with melted beeswax. It helps to waterproof and sterilize qvevri, making winemaking a more hygienic process and the vessels easier to clean after each use.
👌 Qvevri wines are intensely aromatic, displaying an intriguing mix of fruit and savory characteristics. Among these are oxidative notes, which are developed thanks to the vessel’s porosity.
✅ In 2013 UNESCO registered the Qvevri winemaking method on its List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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✒️ A mysterious Writers' House of Georgia, is a palace of art that keeps many interesting stories and secrets. The owner of this house was Davit Sarajishvili, a famous philanthropist, founder of Georgian brandy production, Doctor of chemistry and philosophy.
📐 The building was constructed by a German architect Carl Zaar, in collaboration with architects Aleksander Ozerov and Korneli Tatishev.
▪️ The terrace of the house is designed by ceramic tiles of famous Villeroy & Boch Company. Tiles with similar forms and patterns were an extreme rarity and were produced only on special orders. Cologne Cathedral in Germany, Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, Abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland – these are the buildings, tiles similar to those on the terrace of the Writers’ House can be found.
🛳 Another interesting fact is that similar tiles were also used on the Titanic.

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📌 In the eighteenth century, artisans began creating printed textiles, using woodblocks with decorative engravings. The method of “cold vat dyeing,” which originated in the East, spread widely in Georgia in those times.
🔷 These textiles in Georgia were colored blue using indigo paint. In addition to its inherent beauty, the color was also chosen to disguise stains caused by the spills of dark Georgian red wines.
ℹ️ The specific character of the patterns and, most importantly, the color, made Georgian textiles different from their Russian and European counterparts.
🔵 These products are known as lurji supra, the “blue tablecloths.”
🔷 The pattern depends on the craftsmen, who create compositions based on specific themes, at his sole discretion. Georgian artists enriched the compositions with the figures of women and men in national costumes, flora, fauna, household items and more.
👉 The tablecloth was granted the status of UNESCO material monument in 2017

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👉 Beyond Borders offers a wide range of services including planning and ex*****on of MICE projects and though we are working with foreign customers, our company is open to the local ones as well.

🎉 On December 25th, our company organized Oscar/ Movie style New Year corporate event for local pharma distributor ISIMED, LLC.

👏 We would like to express our appreciation to ISIMED team. We greatly value your trust and confidence in our company.

🤝 Special thanks to our partner companies:

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GiOli Flowers & Decor

Singers: Merab Amzoevi, Maka Gamkrelidze

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🇬🇪 Chichilaki- georgian christmas tree
👉 Chichilaki is environmentally friendly Christmas tree than cutting down evergreen trees, as Chichilaki are made only from pruned branches, leaving the hazelnut trees healthy and intact.
ℹ️ Chichilaki is a men’s craft. Before New Year Eve, a man cuts hazelnut tree branches and put them in the water. Then they are dried in front of a stove. It is repeatedly shaved with special knife all around and curly fronds attached at the top.
It was believed to be the symbol of sun and tree of life. The main attribute of Chichilaki were the two bow-shaped items called Kalpi and Bokeri that were put on the Chichilaki. Kalpi was made from ivy leafs and Bokeri was a bread baked with eggs, flour, and cheese both as the symbols of life and fertility.
Chichilaki originated in the provinces of Guria and Samegrelo, the western part of the country while Khoncha, a decorated board tray with bread, sweets, pomegranate, nuts, wine, and ritual breads originated in eastern Georgia.
🎇 The chichilakis are ceremoniously burned on the day before the Georgian Orthodox Epiphany on 19 January to symbolize the passing of the previous year's troubles.

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