As reported, Alaverdi Monastery is depicted on Georgia’s first collectible euro banknote, Euro 8000, has officially been launched in Maastricht, the southern city of the Netherlands. 

"Alaverdi monastery is a prime example of the ongoing connection between the Georgian Church and the Georgian viniculture. Originally founded in the 6th century, this magnificent monastery is surrounded by vineyards and still produces wine in its infamous centuries’ old cellar by monks who dedicatedly are keeping this tradition alive.

Alaverdi is one of the most impressive cultural monuments in all of Georgia and an important center of Georgian culture and scholarship.

The story of Georgian wine is marked by 8000 years of uninterrupted tradition of viticulture and winemaking. In 2017, an international team of archaeologists discovered evidence of winemaking in a Neolithic settlement not too far from Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia that trembled the world and put Georgia on every major news channel of the world as the “Cradle of wine” or “Motherland of wine”.

Thus, our 8000 denomination was also justified based on these evidences," - Treasurium writes.