Australia makes an unusual red version of this bubbly wine, using Shiraz grapes. The Soviet-era name for it, 'Sovetskoye Shampanskoye', still lives on across countries that used to be part of the USSR, from Georgia and Belarus to Moldova and Russia. Which South Caucasus country, home to some of the world's oldest vineyards, still uses the name?

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Armenia. Inside a cave in Armenia called Areni-1, scientists found the oldest known winery in the world, over 6,000 years old. Armenia can still call its sparkling wine 'Shampanskoye' at home under the Soviet-era name, though not 'Champagne' when it sells to other countries. Australia makes its own unusual red sparkling wine using Shiraz grapes.