The Georgian National Wine Agency said local growers had processed the following grape varieties:
Rkatsiteli - 43,000 tonnes
Saperavi – 30,400 tonnes
Kakhuri Mtsvane – 2,200 tonnes
To date most grapes were processed in Kakheti’s Gurjaani municipality – 26,800 tonnes. Followed by:
Telavi – 19,000 tonnes
Kvareli – 18,700 tonnes
Sighnaghi – 6,600 tonnes
Lagodekhi – 2,400 tonnes
Dedoplistskaro – 1,600 tonnes
Akhmeta –1,600 tonnes
Sagarejo – 1,300 tonnes
Two days ago Georgian wine company Kakhetian Traditional Winemaking (KTW) opened a new grape processing and brandy spirit distillation plant in Velistikhe Village ▼Map , also in Kakheti region.
The new factory, fitted with modern technologies, is able to process 15,000 tonnes of grapes.
Thanks to financial support from the Bank of Georgia and Georgian Government, Kakhetian Traditional Winemaking invested 7 million GEL (about $3.2 million) to open the new factory.
New plant employed local residents, which motivated farmers to cultivate wine and grow high-quality grapes that they could later sell locally and abroad, said Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
He noted thanks to the Government’s activities many people were returning to rural areas to open various types of ventures, including enterprises processing wine or livestock products.
"Georgia’s export to Europe is growing, whereas the Russian market has also opened. This is a welcoming fact, since these markets are quite important to our country,” Kvirikashvili said.
He also mentioned Georgia’s wine exports to China had grown significantly in recent years and Georgia was slowly increasing its exports and being an export-oriented country.
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