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5 silly questions about Georgian wines
07.09.2015. The closer harvest time is, the happier I am about that old wise decision to move to Georgia. I have to admit: my love to wine is very difficult to hide, and I am really anticipating this...
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Georgia’s ancient qvevri wine-making in focus at international symposium
08.09.2015. The third International Qvevri Wine Symposium is taking place in Georgia to raise awareness of Georgian wine and the ancient ways it was, and is continuing to be, produced.For three days...
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Farmers unhappy with low prices for grapes
09.09.2015. In some regions of eastern Georgia farmers held a protest against lower purchase prices of grapes."Before the election, we were told that the price of 1 GEL per one kilo of grapes is low,...
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CGW to export Georgian wine to China’s Dalian FTZ
11.09.2015 (Hvino News). Georgia will soon begin exporting wine to China’s Dalian Free Trade Zone.Corporation Georgian Wine (CGW) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Dalian FTZ on September 10th,...
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Shaloshvili Cellar wine entered EU market
12.09.2015. Shaloshvili Cellar Ltd, sponsored within the government's concessional loan program, entered the European market. The company received a loan of $ 200 000 within the agro-credit...
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Grape growers in Gurjaani protest over low prices
13.09.2015. Police and dozens of wine grape growers, protesting lower grape prices, scuffled briefly in Gurjaani, eastern region of Kakheti, after the demonstrators tried to block the main road running...
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Protesting farmers arrive in Tbilisi, gather in Kvareli
13.09.2015. (Hvino News). Farmers from Kakheti region, who are protesting over low wholesale grapes price, arrived in Tbilisi and demanded to be allowed to attend the sitting of parliamentary Agrarian...
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Georgian wine from a German perspective
14.09.2015. (Hvino News) Last month German radio and online resource Deutschlandfunk featured significant reports on Georgian wine, prepared by freelance journalist Andrea Rehmsmeier. The original...
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Georgian wines receive medals in South Korea's Asia Wine Trophy
15.09.2015. (Hvino News). In September Georgian wines have won top awards at Asia Wine Trophy in Daejeon, South Korea. The Asia Wine Trophy 2015, with 3920 registered wines from 29 different...
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Grape farmers continue to protest in Georgia’s wine region Kakheti
15.09.2015. Farmers continued their protest in the Georgian wine region Kakheti on Monday and clashed with police as they blocked the main highway.Several people were detained by police as they cleared...
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Russian bank concluded factoring deal with Georgian wine producer
16.09.2015. Subsidiary of the VTB Group (Russia) concluded a deal, with the two-factors factoring model, where VTB Bank (Georgia) granted one of the leading Georgian wine manufacturer, Marniskari, a...
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Georgia and Moldova: A tale of two winemakers
by Giorgi Lomsadze and Victoria Puiu17.09.2015. They don’t face quotas and they don’t face tariffs. But for the ancient winemaking countries of Georgia and Moldova, easier access to the European Union,...
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Calls for a "grape revolution" in Georgia
18.09.2015. The situation in Kakheti, where the most peaceful Georgians, the Kakhetians live, is not stable today. For the first time in post-Soviet history there has been blocking of central highways...
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Grape harvest 2015: 30,477 tonnes of grapes generate 17.45m GEL for farmers
22.09.2015. The 2015 grape harvest is in full swing in Georgia’s nine wine-producing villages where a total of 30,477 tonnes of grapes has been picked so far.By selling this yield, farmers generated a...
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Wine routes of Georgia
23.09.2015. Many of you have heard about the fact that Georgia is the cradle of wine, and viticulture originated here about 8,000 years ago. You may examine archaeological findings, wonder how clay...
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Negative expectations of Georgian winemakers in the Kazakh market not justified
25.09.2015. The devaluation of the Kazakh tenge has not led to a decrease in sales of Georgian wine, but reduced the profit margins of manufacturers.Expectations of Georgian winemakers regarding...
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Agricultural cooperatives launch wine production in Imereti with EU support
25.09.2015 (Hvino News). Two agricultural cooperatives in Georgia’s Imereti region - Terjola Wine and Winery Sazano are starting wine production with EU financial support.On September 24 the wine...
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Ministers Kumsishvili and Danelia hosted Chinese journalists at Jighaura
25.09.2015 (Hvino News). Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Dimitry Kumsishvili together with Minister of Agriculture Otar Danelia hosted the Chinese journalists at the Jighaura...
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Qvevri winemaking in Maryland
by Terry Sullivan27.09.2015. Kathy and I acquired some Rkatsiteli grapes yesterday from our friends at Bluemont Vineyards in Bluemont, Virginia. Arriving home, we began to process the grapes and...
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Popular New York food market promotes Georgia
27.09.2015. New York’s most reputable and popular food hub, Chelsea Market, has transformed into Georgian Bazaar this weekend.Chelsea Market, Located in the Manhattan area, hosted a three-day event...
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