Richard Shepard

Richard Shepard

Richard Shep­ard

Richard Shep­ard is the founder, Trust­ee and advisor to Sus­tain­able Rur­al Devel­op­ment Inter­na­tion­al (SRDI), a UK not-for-profit social enter­prise offer­ing advice and devel­op­ment ser­vices on sus­tain­able tour­ism. SRDI is imple­ment­ing the Black Sea Sus­tain­able Rur­al Tour­ism Pro­gram in Ukraine, Geor­gia, and Turkey.

Richard has also writ­ten for The “Good Tour­ism” Blog.

Where wine was born and the local cheeses are prized: Alaverdi, Georgia

August 11, 2022

A montage. Alaverdi Monatery across the top two thirds of the image. Four square image run across the bottom: A qvevri abandoned above ground; a lady standing next to a 350-year-old grape vine; a local cheese; and some traditional cuisine

In 2017, the US’ Nation­al Academy of Sci­ences con­clus­ively determ­ined that wine ori­gin­ated some 8,000 years ago in Geor­gia.  I was already work­ing in Geor­gia and was invited to vis­it the tiny vil­lage of Alaverdi in the heart of Georgia’s Alazani River val­ley, a vast wine­mak­ing area.  With a pop­u­la­tion of few­er than 200, Alaverdi is […]

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