Please join us this Friday at Babi's Tasting Room at 6:00 pm when Sonja Magdevski will speak of the history of Macedonian wine - from the collective confidence of peasant winemakers to the bulk juice era of communism to the challenges - both politically and socially - in creating an internationally recognized wine industry of today.
Macedonia boasts some of the greatest soils and climate of the region for winemaking.
My grandparents were homewinemakers. Every villager was a home winemaker because practically everyone grew grapes.
And for those too poor to have vineyards, the village collectively pitched in grapes for those families to have wine for the winter.
My grandfather always said, "Why would you want to drink water? You don't want water in your boots, do you? Drink wine. (and homemade whiskey, of course.)"
I will have some regional wines to sample at the end. In addition, I will also have Macedonian specialties to be enjoyed with wine - homemade ajvar (roasted red pepper spread), Kashkaval and Feta cheese, and other snacks.
Bring questions!
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