Icewine Tales» Sukhumi

The Soul of a Land

Phil Cheevers — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:14:42 +0000

Icewine Guy Meets Svetlanas and The Soul of Abkhazia I marvel that in the former Soviet Union there are a very large number of babies born named Svetlana. It seems that half of the folks I met in or from the former Soviet Union countries are... Read more

Icewine Guy in Sukhumi

Phil Cheevers — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:49:33 +0000

Icewine Guy in Abkhazia I wasn’t there to take in war stories. The 16 year old bullet holes in the apartment buildings were grotesque to me, but people lived in them, and children grew up under the pocked walls that remind everyone that 16... Read more

Icewine’s Butterfly Effect

Phil Cheevers — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:15:16 +0000

I met Fred Weir at the Canadian Embassy Icewine tasting in Moscow in June. Fred is a fellow Canadian who writes about Russia for Indian, Chinese, British and American newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor. We had just enough time... Read more

Icewine Tasting at the United Nations Part 2

Phil Cheevers — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:51:27 +0000

Part 1 left off with Max, Teddy, the Macedonian and I having dinner in a seaside cafe in Sukhumi. During the dinner, Teddy invited me to visit the UNOMIG compound. I grew up as an army brat and lived on army bases all my life but I knew... Read more