Georgia is to the east of the Black Sea, most of which is located in the South Caucasus, while a portion of the territory lies in the North Caucasus. It shares borders with Russia in the north and Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan in the south-east. Georgia is a liberal democratic state with an ancient historical and cultural heritage. Georgian civilization stretches back for more than three thousand years of history with an exclusive literary and artistic heritage. Culturally, historically and politically. The English name Georgia is a Hellenistic term derived from the Ancient Greeks, meaning “a farmer”. Geographically, Georgia is very diverse and is full of natural resources. The mixture of Alpine zone in the Caucasus mountains and the subtropical Black Sea coast of Western Georgia attracts lots of tourists, because the country is considered an excellent ski and sea resort at the same time. Georgia has one of the most ancient wine-making traditions in the world and Georgian wine, is characterized as naturally semi-sweet and very competitive to French, Spanish and other Western European wines and is well known around the world, especially in Eastern Europe. Georgia has been called the birth place of wine, due to archeological findings which indicate the first wine production dating back to 5000 B.C.