{"title":"Pheasant's Tears","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name comes from an old Georgian saying: only wine good enough to bring a pheasant to tears of joy is truly worth drinking. Pheasant's Tears took it as a standard to live up to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe winery was founded in 2007 by John Wurdeman, an American painter and musician, and Gela Patalishvili, whose family had made wine for eight generations. Wurdeman first heard Georgian folk music at 15, studied art in Moscow, and bought a home in the medieval hilltop town of Sighnaghi in 1996. The partnership grew into one of the leading names of Georgia's natural wine revival and helped carry qvevri winemaking to a global audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/pheasants-tears-reviving-georgias-native-grapes-in-qvevri\"\u003ePheasant's Tears producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pheasants-tears-tsitska-natural-wine","title":"Pheasant's Tears Tsitska 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePheasant's Tears crafts their Tsitska from this ancient western Georgian variety, sourced from Imereti region vineyards where the grape has thrived for centuries on elevated mountainous terrain. The 2023 vintage underwent a shorter maceration than typical Georgian orange wines, with destemming followed by just three days on skins before fermentation and aging in stainless steel tanks. This minimal intervention approach preserves Tsitska's characteristic high acidity and aromatic delicacy. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered with little to no sulfur added, maintaining the winery's commitment to natural winemaking while showcasing this late-ripening variety's inherent freshness and vitality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pheasant's Tears","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50502709117144,"sku":"PHEASANT-TSITSKA","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/pheasants-tears-tsitska-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784587523"},{"product_id":"pheasants-tears-mtsvane-bodbiskhevi-natural-wine","title":"Pheasant's Tears Mtsvane Bodbiskhevi 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eMtsvane Bodbiskhevi represents a departure from Pheasant's Tears' traditional qvevri approach, showcasing Kakhuri Mtsvane's inherent character through direct pressing and stainless steel fermentation. Sourced from sandstone soils in the village of Bodbiskhevi, facing north towards the Great Caucasus Mountains in the Alazani Valley, the grapes benefit from this elevated site's unique microclimate. Without skin contact or qvevri aging, the wine expresses Mtsvane's pure varietal character - a grape whose name means \"green\" in Georgian, referencing its yellowish-green berries. The variety, considered older than Rkatsiteli, accumulates sugar easily while retaining vibrant acidity, creating wines that balance richness with freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pheasant's Tears","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50502736576728,"sku":"PHEASANT-BODBISK","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/pheasants-tears-mtsvane-bodbiskhevi-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784587531"},{"product_id":"pheasants-tears-khikhvi-orange","title":"Pheasant's Tears Khikhvi Orange 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePheasant's Tears Khikhvi 2024 showcases one of Georgia's rarest indigenous grape varieties, grown organically in the village of Tibaani in the Kakheti region. The vineyards sit on sandstone and quartz soils. John Wurdeman and Gela Patalishvili founded Pheasant's Tears in 2007 with a focus on reviving near-extinct Georgian varieties using traditional methods. For this wine, whole bunches macerate on skins for six months in qvevri—the clay amphorae buried underground that Georgians have used for 8,000 years. Pheasant's Tears Khikhvi 2024 ages an additional year in qvevri before bottling unfiltered and unfined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pheasant's Tears","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51304869789912,"sku":"PHEASANTS-KHIKHVI","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/pheasants-tears-khikhvi-orange-deslop.png?v=1784589806"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/pheasant-s-tears.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}