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Sulphur and grape: Georgia Part 3

April 4, 2012 17 Comments Filed Under: Uncategorized

Outside the sulphur baths, Tblisi, Georgia
Outside the sulphur baths
Inside the sulphur baths, Tblisi, Georgia
The sulphur bath
Georgian writing. The word in the middle is crossed out.
Georgian writing. The word in the middle is crossed out.

I get a taxi to the sulphur baths in Tbilisi which cost 5 lari, about £1.50p. It’s supposed to cost 3 or 4 lari but who can be bothered to haggle over 30p. From the outside, the sulphur baths look extraordinary, a honeycomb of domed structures. I descend the wooden stairs clutching the piece of paper that Mako has written for me, which says I’d like a sulphur bath, a scrub and a massage, with her recommended masseuse. I place the paper on the reception desk for the receptionist to read; she immediately turns it around, it was upside down. The Georgian alphabet is curly and beautiful, almost art nouveau in style: it has influences from Cyrillic, Greek, Aramaic, Hieroglyphic and Latin alphabets, they say it was designed to resemble the Georgian grape vines that I’ve seen so much of on this trip.
I manage to establish that the bath costs 30 lari and the massage 20 (this seems the wrong way round). A thin sheet, acting as a towel, costs an extra lari.
They point to a dark dank room. “After 20 minutes, we knock on door and massage comes”, is communicated. I take off my clothes and enter a back room which has an eggy smell. Steam is curling off the two metre square marble pool. I dip in my toe, it’s very hot. I force myself to plunge. I feel all of the dust and grime of the last couple of days, melt away just like in the Radox ad. My skin feels soft but taut. Sulphur is known to be good for skin conditions, rhumatism and other health problems.
There is a knock at the door. I open it and a man wrapped in a bed sheet comes in carrying a bucket. I wonder if he’s the janitor. Then he locks the door behind him.
“No, No, No”, I say, putting my hands up.
“No, No, No”, he says, gesturing for me to calm down.
I say, “I don’t want a man, I want a woman”.
He shrugs, smiles and gestures for me to go and sit on the marble slab.
With dawning horror I realise he expects me to take off my sheet and be naked.
“No!”
“Yes!”, he says smiling.
“Are you sure this is the right thing?”, I ask.
“Yes!”, with a gesture of ‘it’s fine, don’t worry’.
I take off my sheet. I’m completely nude. He tells me to lay on the marble slab then he scrubs me with a rough glove over my entire body, back and front. At one point he points to my arms where tiny scrolls of grey skin has formed. He nods cheerfully to me with a wolf-like smile; the implication is clear: ‘look how dirty you are and how clean I am making you’.
I react with shock as he throws a bucket of boiling hot sulphuric water over my head. Next I am soaped, huge suds enveloping me. He ask me to enter the sulphur bath, I’m still nude. I feel vulnerable and unsure, it’s so intimate. Every so often he says “Gud?”.
I am mute. I’m still unsure whether he’s the janitor. He spends alot of time rubbing my temples, perhaps trying to rid me of anxious thoughts.
Lastly he directs me to get in the shower, place my hands against the wall, while he washes my hair and cleans my ears. Hair washing is very intimate; it’s something your mother does.
Finally he dries me all over with a sheet, again just like your mum would. He takes a deep breath, surveys his work briefly and leaves.

The masseur at the sulphur baths, Tblisi, Georgia

My entire body is tingling. I get dressed but my hair is wet. I go out to the reception where several Georgians are hanging out.
The masseur is now dressed, smoking and nonchalently playing backgammon with another man. He looks up and gestures for me to use the hair dryer which I do, right next to the smoking men playing backgammon.
This surreal experience reveals Georgia to be very liberal and, frankly, a bit strange.

at the sulphur baths, Tblisi, Georgia
Hair drying amongst the backgammon players.
Georgia
Nika's dug out kvevri room
Nika’s dug out kvevri room
Nika and his mum, the rocket scientist. Georgia
Nika and his mum, the rocket scientist.

We have spent two days on the road to Kakheti, in Eastern Georgia, visiting wine growers. They all have fascinating back stories: many started making wine as a hobby, buying country houses while retaining a base at the capital of Georgia, Tbsili. Some of them are now professional full-time wine makers.
There is laughing Nika Bakhia, the artist/sculptor who lived in Germany, who dresses in a curious peasant costume, ethno-chic. He surveys his vineyards, pointing to the black burnt patches where other local farmers, dubious of his new-fangled bio-dynamic methods, have set fire to his property. With tears in his eyes, he recounts how “five times” he has had to rebuild his vineyard. He’s put everything into this dream of making wine the ancient Georgian way, in Kvevris. In his house, he has removed his living room floor and dug up the earth to bury, neck deep, a dozen kvevris. His mother, looking like any East European peasant, turns out to be a rocket scientist, who worked during the Soviet occupation. I love his wine. I’m fast moving towards the idea that the more eccentric and artistic the person who crafts your food or drink, the better it tastes.

Nika, wine maker in Georgia,
Wild Parma violets georgia
Wild Parma violets

 did a Blue Peter job and potted up these violets in water bottles to bring home.
I did a Blue Peter job and potted up these violets in water bottles to bring home.

Hand drawn label with portraits of the makers of Our Wine.
Hand drawn label with portraits of the makers of Our Wine.

Another sun drenched ‘supra’ lunch is held at Our Wine, the surrounding grass dotted with wild parma violets and the odours from a brush wood barbeque, is the home and vineyard of a doctor of medicine and a linguist, Soliko Tsaishvili and Irakli Pruidze. They talk about homeopathic methods and astrology in wine-making. We are given a strange dessert ‘Pelamushi’, a kind of blancmange. I note that Georgian men greet each other by kissing on the shoulder.

A kind of Georgian blancmange
A kind of blancmange
Wine makers hands
Wine makers hands

The Giant Kvevri at the Twins vineyard

The Giant Kvevri at the Twins vineyard

The Gamtskitsulashvili twins host an incredible Supra and sang for us. They've won international singing competitions with their polyphonic singing.
The Gamtskitsulashvili twins host an incredible Supra and sang for us. They’ve won international singing competitions with their polyphonic singing.

Wine naturally ferments and filtrates in a kvevri.
Wine naturally ferments and filtrates in a kvevri.

We stayed the night at a tiny bed and breakfast located in a winery called The Twins Old Cellar. One of the Gamtskitsulashvili twins is a professional toast master and polyphonic singer who entertained us over another long boozy ‘supra’ feast. Their grandfather was arrested by the Soviets for refusing to join a collective farm, so they seized this vineyard and sent him to a gulag where he died. Since independence from the Soviet Union, the twins have, with government help, refurbished the vineyard and restarted the wine making in kvevris. The Soviets left the place wrecked, the twins started with only 6 kvevri but now they have over 100 and have started to export their wine.
You sense that beneath the generosity and talent of every Georgian host, there is a tragic undertow of years of political abuse. It continues: the opposition leader of the rival ‘Georgian Dream party’ has been stripped of his Georgian citizenship so that he can’t stand in the election. Imagine if Cameron did that to Milliband! It’s a pity because the present incumbent, Saakashvili has done a good job modernising the country up till now.

well water in Georgia

In the morning sun, next to a babbling brook, a well, and stony houses, we taste some more wines. This guy, Khakha Berishvili, is a Georgian vegetarian, wears hippy clothing and is a big jazz fan. This inspires myself and wine blogger Donald Edwards to characterise the wines by ascribing them musician’s personalities. “This one tastes like Iggy Pop, all sinews and wild eyed rocknroll”, Donald gargled.
“This one”, I’d retort, eyeing up a deep purple young red, so intense it stains the glass .“Reminds me of Diana Ross, just after she left The Supremes, wearing a slashed to the thigh, long inky sequin gown while singing ‘Aint no mountain high enough'”. 
Donald gives me pointers of how to sound knowledgeable about wine: “Say things like ‘this is slightly lifted” or ‘volatile’ or ‘high toned’.”

georgian wine

Georgian food


georgian wine chandelier

It’s tougher being a wine blogger than a food blogger: the audience is smaller and, as blogs are often visually led, wine is difficult to photograph in an original way. And I have to fess up here: I was the whiner on this wine trip. Every time we visited a new vineyard I’d groan, ‘Do we have to?’. The wine bloggers and Isabelle Legeron would look at me narrowly, as if they were tasting a particularly astringent wine. “It is a wine trip”, she’d say. The likes of Isabelle and Donald can think of nothing nicer than jiggling their glasses by the stem, sniffing, tasting wine all day, visiting one dusty vineyard after another. I don’t mind one or two but it doesn’t excite me in the way that food does, I find it difficult to truly differentiate between so many wines drunk in such a short space of time. We drink so much wine that we all end up with permanently black stained lips and teeth.

Buffalo milk yoghurt; so fresh and tangy, utterly brilliant.
Buffalo milk yoghurt; so fresh and tangy, utterly brilliant.

The lady who makes it.
The lady who makes it
Jean Jacques and his woofers making tagliatelli.
Jean Jacques and his woofers making tagliatelli.
Jean Jacques showing the tall wheat Dolis Puri.
Jean Jacques showing the tall wheat Dolis Puri.
I’m on more comfortable ground when we visit Jean Jacques, a Swiss immigrant who is growing an ancient wheat ‘Dolis Puri’ in Georgia. Jean Jacques, like an increasing amount of people today, is gluten intolerant. This wheat, which stands shoulder high unlike today’s shorter wheat, contains gluten, but does not have the same allergic effect. He was inspired to come to Georgia by Nicolas Joly, the Gandalf of the bio-dynamic wine-making world – although he disapproves of the term ‘wine maker’. Jean Jacques, aided by a couple of woofers staying at his farm, made us one of the best meals in Georgia; fresh salty sheeps’ cheese, flavoursome bread and a variety of salads. 
Sheep's milk cheese
Sheep’s milk cheese
honey in georgia
Sunflower oil, cold pressed, unfiltered, raw and intense. I brought a bottle back for the Postcards from the edge meal.

Georgian cuisine uses certain ingredients over and over again: tarragon, walnuts, pomegranates, aubergines, a fish shaped bread cooked in a tandoori style clay oven, tangy creamy buffalo yoghurt and tart mirabelle plums plus the best sunflower oil you will ever have tasted. I smuggled back a bottle of the sunflower oil in my suitcase which I will serve at this meal. I’m looking forward to riffing on Georgian food with my blogging colleague @foodstories who was also on the Georgian trip. This meal will include Natural wine selected by @isabellelegeron, organiser of the Raw wine fair this May. There are only 20 tickets. You can book here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/161520.
I will continue my adventures on Georgia in my next post. Note: this post was written in Georgia font.

Fish kept in mini bathtubs in another market we visited, this time in the countryside. georgia..
Fish kept in mini bathtubs in another market we visited, this time in the countryside.
Halva, fine, fresh and importantly, not too sweet. Georgia
Halva, fine, fresh and importantly, not too sweet.
An old lady sells incense/frankincense, by the chunk. Georgia
An old lady sells incense/frankincense, by the chunk.
Pungent honey georgia
Pungent honey
Sheep's wool georgia
Sheep’s wool
This is how salt is sold. georgia
This is how salt is sold.
Home made lollipops georgia
Home made lollipops
When our taxi had to fill up with fuel, the driver asked us all to get out. We looked around the petrol station and all the passengers exited the cars to fill up. Georgia
When our taxi had to fill up with fuel, the driver asked us all to get out. We looked around the petrol station and all the passengers exited the cars to fill up.
Ex Soviet army carriers are often used as housing. georgia
Ex Soviet army carriers are often used as housing.
That Crazy French Woman...Isabelle Legeron organised this trip. Georgia
That Crazy French Woman…Isabelle Legeron organised this trip. She is hosting the Raw Natural wine fair in May.  Tickets can be bought here: http://www.rawfair.com/buy-tickets

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  1. Paula/Tim

    April 4, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    A brilliant story, thank you

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  2. ginandcrumpets

    April 4, 2012 at 7:54 pm

    You really have made me want to go to Georgia (and also drink wine), although your man with a mitt does look a bit terrifying.

    Reply
  3. Unknown

    April 4, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    Thank you for this great post. Wonderful pictures, and your writing really captures the place.

    Reply
  4. Unknown

    April 4, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    Thank you for this great post. Wonderful pictures, and your writing really captures the place.

    Reply
  5. Anonymous

    April 5, 2012 at 6:43 am

    Wish I did all that during my tour of Gerogia.

    Reply
  6. Frau Dietz

    April 5, 2012 at 7:41 am

    Brilliant post, I love how you write. I'm now itching to go back to Georgia even more than before.

    Reply
  7. Anonymous

    April 5, 2012 at 7:57 am

    That definitely beats my weirdest ever massage, which was from a fat, blind, half naked Hungarian man. I kept my swimsuit on though.

    I really want to go to Georgia now (though not for the massage)

    Reply
  8. theundergroundrestaurant

    April 5, 2012 at 8:06 am

    Thanks for your comments.
    Gin and crumpets and fingers and toes: go to Georgia but yes, do go to the sulphur baths, you may even get a woman masseuse!
    Seriously everyone should visit Georgia, it's interesting, cheap, and the men are really hot.

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  9. Clark Smith

    April 5, 2012 at 8:31 am

    Georgia, like all true reality, is terrifying by nature. You go there to experience the real and natural connection between people and nature, stripped of the protections, genocidal purifications, and the conveniences and refinements modern culture substitutes.

    During this time of epic change, while we struggle through courses in self-awareness to escape the chains of our inept childhoods, Georgians have no interest in radical freedom from the past. They love their history and culture,and view it not as shackles but as a trampoline for creativity. They are like the Amish and Mennonites, except they stayed where they were and protected their traditions despite continual conquest.

    These are rough people, rustic, insensible to our modern paranioas, just like the oafish and wise masseur of this story.

    Scary. But when you suppress the lows, you lose the highs. "When I exorcise my devils, my angels may leave, too." (-Tom Waits)

    In Georgia outside Tbilisi, there are only (at best) two-star hotels with instant coffee, improbable wifi connections and untrustworthy hot water in the shower.

    This is changing. But so is the purity of the culture. My recommendation is to go there while the lessons are bright.

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  10. theundergroundrestaurant

    April 5, 2012 at 8:42 am

    Clark: that is probably one of the coolest comments I have ever had on this blog.
    And you are right: go now to Georgia people, before
    it changes.
    I want them to succeed. I want them to have more economic power. This is a very special culture and more people should know about Georgia. But inevitably, economic success will change them.

    Reply
  11. Olive Oyl

    April 6, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    Hilarious! I had almost exactly the same experience in a remote part of Turkey, have never been so clean before or after

    Reply
  12. Sally - My Custard Pie

    April 10, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    Sadly I can imagine Cameron doing that to Milliband …and no-one in the UK batting an eyelid…but that's another topic!
    I'm going to visit Geogia in the next year – and if I don't you can make me give a donation to your favourite charity!
    Loved your account of the visit to the baths particularly – as always, your honesty is ennervating. It's not on my to do list.

    Reply
  13. M

    April 10, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    I've just enjoyed looking at Helen Foodstories photos, where there's a link to your blog. It complements the photos, a great read, and by the way they have halva? wow!

    Reply
  14. Ricky Panesar

    April 10, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    Great post…It was a real eye opener and a lot of fun to read. The pictures really add an organic dimension to the whole story.

    Reply
  15. Carolanne

    April 12, 2012 at 5:36 am

    I loved your account of the sulphur baths. We had a similar experience in Jordan. The language barrier makes it all the more confusing yet enjoyable…very bizarre but not to be missed! Your pictures are stunning

    Reply
  16. Anonymous

    May 5, 2012 at 2:54 am

    Thank you thank you thank you for such amazing photos and stories. I have wanted to go to Georgia ever since I first heard of orange wines and Isabelle Legeron…but now w/ your captivating blog…I am in pain dying to go although some of this does sound rather science fiction!(Mr Mitt Man)

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  17. Anonymous

    September 28, 2015 at 12:10 am

    It is strange that in Georgia you could not find a real wine maker and you are telling a story of some dubios nika bakhia 🙂

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Pomelo, cucumber and gadogado peanut dressing. So Pomelo, cucumber and gadogado peanut dressing. So refreshing! Pomelo is, along with mandarins and Citron, one of the original citrus fruit from which many others were bred. It’s rather like a grapefruit ( which bred with bitter orange, is a descendant) but sweeter, firmer, drier and more meaty in texture. It’s quite a pfaff to prepare as you have to take all the membrane and pith off- that’s the bitter bit. The pith can be turned into a poor mans cutlet, a Cuban steak, when times are tough. The peel can be candied. this citrus lasts a long time in the fruit bowl. #citrus #citrusrecipes #pomelo #wintersalads #gadogado #peanutdressing #supperclub #lockdownrecipes  #saturdaylunch #februaryfood #vegetarian #vegetarianrecipes
Flammkuche is a kind of German or alsacien pizza- Flammkuche is a kind of German or alsacien pizza- very thin. I got this flammkuche with a topping of nutmeggy bechamel, mushrooms, mozzarella & pesto as a #mealkit from @amelie_restaurants. Even the keenest cooks get sick of their own food! It’s really delicious and quick to prepare. #flammkuchen #pizza #vegetarian #lockdown2021 #lockdownfood #foodsolutions #covid_19 #newnormal #dinnerin10minutes #londonlife
Blood orange, fennel and dill salad with mustard d Blood orange, fennel and dill salad with mustard dressing. Easy peasy winter citrus salad. Best to use a mandolin to shave the fennel. #supperclub #covidmenu #citrus #bloodorange #wintersalad #lockdownlarder #valentinesday❤️ 💛💚🧡
Tarte au bergamote 💛done with puff pastry rathe Tarte au bergamote 💛done with puff pastry rather than shortcrust because that’s what I had ready made and hurty ankle meant I didn’t have wherewithal to make own pastry. I used zest and juice of a bergamot and zest and juice of 2 lemons 🍋. This bergamot I actually grew! #bergamot #citrus #tarte #tarteaucitron #supperclub #winterdesserts #sour #sharp #sweet #lockdownfood #covidcookery 💛💛💛
Made kosho with my incredibly expensive @natoora Y Made kosho with my incredibly expensive @natoora Yuzu (£12.80!) using the zest, 1 deseeded green chilli and some @maldonsalt in the pestle and mortar. It’s good to sprinkle on rice, noodles, soup. #condiments #citrus #yuzu #japanesefood #londonchef #supperclub #yellowfood #winterfood #seasonal #chilli #msmarmitelover
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