The Beaujolais-Georgia Connection: Lapati Wines

Jura-raised, Beaujolais-trained winemaker Vincent Jullien on bringing méthode ancestrale and carbonic maceration to Gare Kakheti.

Lapati Wines’ Vincent Jullien (center) and Guillaume Gouerou (right) at their winery, May 2019. Also pictured, lower left, is US wine importer Chris Terrell’s ear, and, upper left, New York sommelière Zwann Grays.

When Lapati Wines founders Vincent Jullien and Guillaume Gouerou established their winery in the Gare Kakheti town of Sagarejo in 2015, the sm…