Georgia
The Other Georgia Welcomes You
THE JOVIAL MEN on the high of the Datvisjvari Move have a rule: Anybody who needs to drive by means of it should drink a thimbleful of chacha, a neighborhood moonshine potent sufficient to energy vehicles. As I approached, it appeared like this tipsy crew—who had been engaged on the single-lane highway main from Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, into the mountain province of Khevsureti—had been on a break. They had been snacking on khachapuri, the Georgian cheese bread, and knocking again chacha.