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Qvevri vs. Kvevri[edit]

Qvevri is not alternate spelling ,its a wrong spelling. the reason of this mistake is that Georgian ქ /k⁽ʰ⁾/ is located on the same key on the keyboard as latin Q. in reality Q corresponds to georgian ყ /qʼ/ see: georgian scripts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.221.252.247 (talk) 10:52, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw the wrong spelling "qvevri" repeatedly in a BBC online article on Georgian wine. I can't read Georgian, but I can recognise the letters, and I couldn't remember any of them being transliterated as "q". Anyway, now I know what the problem is - thanks, people! I'm not going to point out the error to the BBC, as the Wiki article says this is a mistake Georgians invariably make, and I'll end up in a hopeless tug-of-war over "original Georgian sources" with people who have little idea of how languages (other than English) work.84.243.236.9 (talk) 15:33, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Qvevri seems to be the most common spelling on Tbilisi's supermarket shelves and restaurant menus. It is also the spelling that used in Homeland of Wine magazine, a Georgian-published trade journal (ISSN 2667-9140). The adverts and bottle labels depicted therein also preponderously use the spelling Qvevri. A survey of the photographs of legible bottle labels and adverts (i.e., spellings separate from the publisher's editorial style) in issues 3 and 4 of the magazine gives the following results: Qvevri 15; Kvevri 3. The Qvevris include big names like Chateau Mukhrani and Shumi. I think the standard Latin spelling has become Qvevri, regardless of what linguists tell us it should be.

Anecdotally, I only found the Kvevri spelling after trying to find the Qvevri Wikipedia page. It's not really out there on the streets of Tbilisi.

The 2019 BBC article mentioned above is here in all its qvevri-ness.

--Ingafube (talk) 11:29, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dating[edit]

This article has kvevri dating from about 8000 BCE, but the Amphora page says 6000BCE. --87.113.184.24 (talk) 13:24, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Copied Content[edit]

The final paragraph of this article is taken word for word from the (incorrectly cited) web page mentioned at the end.