GEORGIA - HUNGARY 2011

By Rick Mindermann

September 13 -24, 2011.

Darrell, Esther, the newest member of our team - sound man extraodinaire Jimmy Bell, and I were invited to visit the birthplace of wine, The Republic of Georgia, to attend the first annual Qvevri Symposium. The symposium was held to show the world the ancient Georgian wine making method. We were invited to film a promo video for the Georgian Wine Association, and Darrell was invited as a guest speaker. We were a part of 65 invited guests of national and international origin. Media personalities, educators, scientists, wine professionals, brokers and distributors made up the participants of this amazing event.

Here is the video we produced, which was Shot in Broadcast HD video by Esther Ritter, produced by Rick Mindermann, sound by Jimmy Bell, and masterfully edited by Gib Berry. Our Thanks to producer Stephanie Locher for her talents and support, and to Kitty O'Neal for her narration.

Here is a short teaser video made of our time in Georgia.

We made a 4 day stop in Hungary on our way home, where we drove to Hungary's famous Tokaj wine region to tour the home of the rarest wine in the world! The Georgian part of our Corti TV blog contains 487 photos and 80 videos. We hope you enjoy it. There is even more to see in the Hungary part of the blog.

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