Georgia Unveils Stalin’s Rare Wine Collection Ahead of Historic Auction
- Georgia revealed a rare wine collection once owned by Josef Stalin and plans to auction it in Tbilisi.
- The collection has about 40,000 bottles of French and Georgian wines, some dating back to the early 19th century.
- Funds from the auction will help establish a wine education school in Georgia, supporting its wine heritage.
- Collector Victor Chen compared opening the wine vault to an adventure like Indiana Jones discovering treasure.
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Among the dusty 40,000 bottles are Bordeaux wines once owned by the last Russian tsars. The Georgian government has opened its first wine vault in Tbilisi, housing a collection of approximately 40,000 rare French and Georgian bottles once owned by Joseph Stalin. Some of the bottles are planned to be auctioned, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing Reuters. Read also: Surnames with a twist: which family names in Ukraine are associated with wine and be…
Between French and Georgian labels, Romanov wines and bottles of the 19th century, the Soviet leader's preserved collection will be sold to support training in the wine sector
There are also rare French wines and bottles of Tsarist origin in the Soviet dictator's wine collection, which Georgia would put up for auction.
Georgia unveils Stalin’s rare wine collection ahead of historic auction
Tangled cobwebs dangle from the ceiling in dim light and a pleasant, musky sweetness pervades the air in this repository of a precious wine collection, once owned by Georgia's most infamous son, Josef Stalin. The Georgian government, which owns the roughly 40,000 French and Georgian rarities, unsealed the wine vault…
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