Stalin’s vast wine collection to be auctioned to raise funds for school

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe collection includes some 40,000 bottles (Reuters)A vast wine collection, once belonging to Josef Stalin, has been unsealed in Tbilisi, Georgia, for the first time. The collection comprises approximately 40,000 French and Georgian wines, with some bottles dating back to the early 19th century. Many of the wines were originally part of Russia's Imperial Romanov collection, seized by the Soviets after the 1917 revolution, with Stalin later adding his preferred Georgian varieties. The Georgian government plans to auction the rarities to fund a new wine education school in the country. This initiative aims to elevate Georgia's profile in the global wine collecting community, leveraging its 8,000-year winemaking history. In fullStalin’s secret wine cellar of 40,000 bottles unsealed for first timeThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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