thedeli

So I have an alternative suggestion - and one especially apt for this LJ: Drink Georgian wines. Admittedly, it's not as helpful as providing peanut butter to IDPs, but one can hope the funds from your wine purchases will ultimately trickle into the somewhat demolished, post-war Georgian economy. Anyway, I don't have a better idea. Though maybe this guy is on to something. Not this guy.

There are, also, some perfectly good apolitical reasons to buy Georgian wine.

Archeological finds have it that Georgia (specifically the area around Shulaveri) is the place where wine was invented. So maybe that's enough reason for you to try a more recent vintage from the same area? Historical reenactment.

Also, if you're asking me, a nice dry Georgian red is practically the Platonic ideal of what wine should taste like: smooth, grapey, and incomplex. At the upper end of the dry scale is Mukuzani - my personal favorite. But wouldn't overlook a regular Saperavi either. Two of the best reds in the world, all favoritism aside. You should try them for no other reason than I've been recommending them for years.