2015 New Wine Festival's participants list revealed

by Keto Ninidze

29.04.2015. The selection process of family wineries for New Wine Festival is over. An unprecedented number of wineries will take part in the festival this year. 55 winemakers will represent 72 varieties of wine from Kakheti, Kartli, Imereti and Racha regions, see the list below.

On April 25, in the village Chardakhi of Mtskheta district, "Georgian Wine Club" organized wine tasting to select family wineries. A committee consisting of 11 people which was composed of enologists, winemakers, winegrowers, writers and wine enthusiasts, gave positive feedback to most of wines out of 110 registered ones. The committee members were adviser of the chairman of National Wine Agency, Goga Tevzadze, president of the Wine Club, Malkhaz Kharbedia, director of New Wine Festival,  Iago Bitarishvili, enologists - Kakha Tchotiashvili, Nikoloz Natroshvili, Vano Shiukashvili, and Mikheil Meskhi, journalist and wine writer – Aleko Tskitishvili, wine club members and wine enthusiasts - Vano Stefanashvili and Avtandil Kobakhidze.

President of the Georgian Wine Club Malkhaz Kharbedia notes that quality of wine submitted this year is higher compared to wine samples of last year. In addition, more and more people apply traditional qvevri method of winemaking each year. Georgian Wine Club will organize a special meeting with the producers, who have not passed the selection stage. Individual wines as well as general problems that arose during testing will be discussed.

Most of the registered wines were white, majority of them were Rkatsiteli, Kakhuri Mtsvane, Chinuri and Tsolikouri. From red wines, mostly Saperavi and Tavkveri were presented. Merab Mirtskhulava, Gogi Dvalishvili, Giorgi Revazashvili and others were defined as stable participants of a new wine festival. The wines, which have passed the selection stage, will be presented at the new wine festival, on May 9, in the space for family wineries in the park of Deda Ena.

New Wine Festival will be held for the sixth time in 2015. Almost 120 entities including family wineries (55 entity), large companies, small manufacturers, associations and other organizations (60 entity) will participate in the festival. Shooting of episodes of Levan Kitia's film about the festival have already started. The film reflects the history of the festival since its inception.

We provide a complete list of wine-producing companies and family wineries, which will be presented on May 9, 2015 in New Wine Festival, in the park of Deda Ena:

Wine companies, small enterprenuers and other entities:

1.    Avtandil Bedenashvili manufaktur Kardenakhi
2.    Askaneli Brothers
3.    Assocciation Kvevri Wine
4.    BabaneurisMarani
5.    Bagrationi 1882
6.    Chateau Telavi
7.    Corporation Kindzmarauli
8.    Cradle of wine
9.    Dergi
10.    Drujba
11.    Dugladze Wine company
12.    Ghvardzelashvili’s Cellar
13.    Giuaani
14.    Golden Group
15.    Imeretian wine company
16.    Jakeli Organic Vineyard and Wines Ltd.
17.    Kakhuri
18.    Kakhetian Traditional Winemaking
19.    Kerovani
20.    LEPL Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture
21.    Letre
22.    Lukasi
23.    Manaveli
24.    Naotari
25.    Naotrebi
26.    Nikala’s cellar
27.    Pheasant's Tears
28.    Petriaant Marani
29.    Professional winery products
30.    Sagvareulo Marani
31.    Shalvino
32.    Satsnakheli
33.    Shumi
34.    Simon Chkheidze’s Wine Cellar
35.    Stori
36.    Tbilvino
37.    Teliani Velley
38.    Temi
39.    Tifliski Vini Pogreb
40.    Usakhelouri Vineyards
41.    Vaziani
42.    Vazi+
43.    V&D Usakhelouri
44.    Wine Tourism Association
45.    Winery Khareba

Family Wineries:

Tbilisi

Solomon Tetrashvili

Wine: Rkatsiteli 

George Chikhoria
Wine: Rkatsiteli

Vakhtang Macharashvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli 

Nukri Revishvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli
Wine: Krakhuna 

Kakheti

Zaza Bakhsoliani
Wine: Rkatsiteli
Wine: Aleqsandrouli, Mujuretuli, Saperavi 

Giga Loladze
Wine: Muscat Rkatsiteli 

Zurab Zatuashvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli, Kakhuri mtsvane 

Rostomaant Marani
Wine: Rkatsiteli
Wine: Saperavi

Merab Mirtskhulava
Wine: Saperavi
Wine: Tavkveri
Wine: Shavkapito
Wine: Rkatsiteli - Mtsvane Kakhuri
Wine: Rkatsiteli

David Kapanadze
Wine: Rkatsiteli
Wine: Mtsvane

Vasil Nikolashvili
Wine: Saperavi

Aleksandre Kvernadze
Wine: Saperavi
Wine: Asuretuli Shavi 

Bichiko Qoqiashvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli 

Levan Zurashvili
Wine: Rkatrsiteli 

Givi Tavtetrishvili
Wine: Saperavi 

Mikheil Madzgharashvili
Wine: Kakhuri Mtsvane 

Ioseb Oqromchedlishvili
Wine: Saperavi

Petre Betsukeli
Wine: Rkatsiteli 

Erekle Loladze
Wine : Saperavi Mukuzani
Wine: Saperavi Khashmi
Wine: Kakhuri Mtsvane 

Elguja Goderdzishvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli 

Pavle Tavadze
Wine: Khikhvi    

Vakhtang Beruashvili
Wine: Kisi
Wine: Khikhvi 

Gocha Ghulelauri
Wine: Kakhuri Mtsvane, Rkatsiteli, Kisi, Khikhvi

Giorgi Chekurishvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane 

Beka Gremelashvili, Davit Gremelashvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli (Mtsvane  25%)

Nodar Tchitchashvili
Wine: Saperavi 

Giorgi Oghrapishvili
Wine: Saperavi

Mikheil Darbaiseli
Wine: Saperavi 

Aleksi Chankotadze
Wine: Rkatsiteli 

Giorgi Gachechiladze
Wine: Kisi, Rkatsiteli 

Ketevan Dushuashvili
Wine: Saperavi 

Lasha Janelidze
Wine: Manavis Mtsvane 

Besik Pirtskheliani
Wine: Kisi, Rkatsiteli 

Mamuka Terterashvili
Wine: Mtsvane, Rkatsiteli 

Tamaz Sarishvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane 

Aleks Bardanashvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli

Giorgi Gogichaishvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane (filtered)
Wine: Rkatsiteli, mtsvane (unfiltered)

Vaja Kasrelishvili
Wine: Saperavi 

Kartli

Giorgi Revazashvili
Wine: Atenuri 

Tamaz Alavidze, Guram Avqafishvili
Wine: Rkatsiteli 

Avtandil Darakhvelidze
Wine: Chinuri, Tavkveri    

Aleksandre Beruashvili
Wine: Chinuri

Ivane Maghlaferidze
Wine: Chinuri 

Ivane Ramazashvili
Wine: Chinuri 

Gogi Dvalishvili
Wine: Atenuri, Chinuri, Goruli Mtsvane 

Giorgi Kublashvili
Wine: Chinuri

Beka AslaniSvili
Wine: Chinuri 

Giorgi Latsabidze
Wine: Shavkapito 

Rezo Vasadze
Wine: Tavkveri
Wine: Rkatsiteli
Wine: Saperavi
Wine: Kakhuri Mtsvane 

Ilia Tigishvili
Wine: Chinuri

Imereti

Zurab Ghvaladze
Wine: Tsolikouri
Wine: Tsitska-Tsolikouri

Baia Abuladze
Wine: Tsolikouri -Tsitska

Severian Ghambashidze
Wine: Tsolikouri 

Racha

Kakhaber Vakhtangadze
Wine: Rachuli Tetra 

Shorena Pataridze
Wine: Mujuretuli, aleqsandrouli 

Source (abridged)  © Georgian Wine Club, Wine Information Center

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