George Agladze – The Founder of the Tradition

“There are two angels who are protecting you” said the general smiling.
1798, France

Wine and vineyard are symbols intertwined with Georgian identity and culture and, therefore, they are of central significance to the history of the Agladze family. Amazing adventure of George Agladze passes from generation to generation which reads more like a screenplay rather than a real story…

George Agladze was born in 1770-s, in the region of Meskheti. He enrolled in the Georgian army in 1797. In accordance with the Treaty of Georgievsk, King Erekle II was obliged to support the Russian Empire in war and by the end of the century, between 1798 and 1802, the Russian Empire, along with the British and Ottoman Empires, got involved in the Second European Coalition against France.

Wine and vineyard are symbols intertwined with Georgian identity and culture and, therefore, they are of central significance to the history of the Agladze family. Amazing adventure of George Agladze passes from generation to generation which reads more like a screenplay rather than a real story…

George Agladze was born in 1770-s, in the region of Meskheti. He enrolled in the Georgian army in 1797. In accordance with the Treaty of Georgievsk, King Erekle II was obliged to support the Russian Empire in war and by the end of the century, between 1798 and 1802, the Russian Empire, along with the British and Ottoman Empires, got involved in the Second European Coalition against France.