English: If you aim to spark a lively debate during your upcoming holiday meal, ask your guests about the origins of wine, and you might hear familiar names like France, Italy, or Greece. However, many scholars assert that the birthplace of wine is Georgia, the small former Soviet Republic. Scientific evidence points to 8,000-year-old wine residue found on pottery fragments in Georgia. This country, with a population of nearly four million, shares its borders with Russia and has endured millennia of invasions and wars, witnessing the rise and fall of multiple dynasties. Despite the challenges, Georgian grapes have managed to persist.