{"id":1009,"date":"2018-02-09T08:58:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T07:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boisa.ge\/?page_id=1009"},"modified":"2018-02-16T09:02:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T08:02:10","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boisa.ge\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"sc_section section_style_underline aligncenter column-1_1\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><h6 class=\"sc_section_subtitle sc_item_subtitle\">About me<\/h6><h3 class=\"sc_section_title sc_item_title\">Vladimer Boisa<\/h3><div class=\"sc_section_content_wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517497738888{padding-bottom: 1.5em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc_dropcaps sc_dropcaps_style_3\"><span class=\"sc_dropcaps_item\">I<\/span> was born in 1981 in the city of Rustavi, <a href=\"https:\/\/boisa.ge\/en\/georgia\/\">Georgia<\/a>. Growing up in a sports family, I quickly fell in love with basketball which would become a major part of my life. Having played for the Georgian junior national teams, I moved to Slovenia at seventeen, where I spent the greatest years of my career, making a home and family for myself. After seven years of playing for Ljubljana&#8217;s Olimpija, my athletic path travelled Italy, Russia, Greece, Spain, Croatia, leading back to homeland Georgia where I retired from competition in 2013. During my basketball career, my greatest honour was representing the Georgian national team, of which I was a proud member for 15 years.<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517497762504{padding-bottom: 1.5em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Wrapping up my role on the game court, I began working as vice-president of the Georgian basketball association, finally making time for my deep passion for wine that has been steadily growing throughout the years. I&#8217;m fortunate to enjoy the company of great people who assist me with their advice and wisdom, and <a href=\"https:\/\/boisa.ge\/en\/wines\/\">committed to wine made according to the traditional Georgian method<\/a>, putting my heart into each bottle. From a delightful pastime, my initial affection for wine expanded to <a href=\"https:\/\/boisa.ge\/en\/spirits\/\">brandy production<\/a>, flourishing eventually into so much more &#8230; the story of Boisa.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1143&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1518708021396{padding-top: 1em !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1142&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1518708054202{padding-top: 1em !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1141&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1518768060564{padding-top: 1em !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517497738888{padding-bottom: 1.5em !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text] I was born in 1981 in the city of Rustavi, Georgia. Growing up in a sports family, I quickly fell in love with basketball which would become a major part of my life. 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