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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Dugladze wine appears on red carpet of Cannes Film Festival

31.05.2017. This year Dugladze Wine traveled to the 70-th International Film Festival of Cannes, in order to support Georgian feature film. Film debut of the young Georgian director and producer took place in Cannes just by support of Georgian wine.

It shall be noted that Dugladze Wine Company which is distinguished by variety of its assortment and character always supports Georgian business. It was also symbolic for us that this year one of Georgian projects became owner of Prime Prize.

Response and interest, caused by occurrence of Georgian wine in Georgian pavilion, exceeded all expectations. Mukuzani, Tibaani, Tsinandali and famous Kindzmarauli - these are the species with which the Company hosted representatives of cinema industry who came from other countries.

We are glad that we made unique precedent to present Georgian gene and wine right in the epicenter of European cinema industry. Sharing of Georgian culture and character is the most important mission for the Company, which began with red carpet and will continue in the future with many interesting projects.

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Saturday, May 27, 2017

Meeting in Tbilisi on wine export to Nordic and Baltic countries

27.05.2017 (Hvino News) On Wednesday 31st of May, 4pm-7pm, a meeting in Tbilisi will be arranged to introduce the possibilities for wine export to the Nordic and Baltic countries. We would highly appreciate your attendance for an informal discussion if you are interested in new areas of export.

The avenue for the meeting is Hotel Kopala Rikhe, Europe Square, Tbilisi.

We kindly ask you to confirm attendance before 30.5.2017. Contact:

On behalf of LCC Geofintra
Managing Director Heikki Pihlajmäki

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Georgia's triumph in London: "Judges were blown away by quality and character of Saperavi"

25.05.2017. (Hvino News). The results of annual International Wine Challenge (IWC) competition were announced recently in London.

"Judges were blown away by the quality and character of Saperavi entries from Georgia", - reads the IWC press release published by one of the most prestigious international wine contests.

"The mountainous Caucasian country is now emerging onto the global wine scene after decades of dependence on the Russian market. Four Golds were awarded to superb examples of this rich but fragrant red grape, from a range of larger and smaller producers", - IWC pointed out.

In total, 47 Georgian wines have received awards of IWC 2017, including Gold and Trophy. Georgia's performance in 2017 was much better than in previous years (see 2016 results here).

Out of 47 awarded wines, Georgia received 6 gold awards, 9 silver, 11 bronze, 21 "Commended" awards.

Full list of Georgian winners follows below:

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Gruzwinprom signs 15-year Memorandum of Cooperation with China

24.05.2017 (Hvino News) On May 23 Georgian wine producer Gruzwinprom and Chinese company Jiangxi Silk Road Investment have signed 15-year Memorandum of Cooperation. According to signed agreement the two sides plan to establish a joint company which will promote Georgian brand and support sales of Georgian products in China.

"Today’s Memorandum of Cooperation is one more clear example of how economic relations have been deepening between Georgia and China following to the free trade agreement signed recently between the countries. This cooperation will significantly support Georgian wine export to China – the country which appreciates and honours Georgia’s history and traditions,” - said agriculture minister Levan Davitashvili at the signing ceremony.

Gruzwinprom (spelled as Gruzvinprom in the past) was established in 1929. In 2015 the state-owned winery, located in Gurjaani (Eastern Georgia), was sold at auction for 31.105.000 GEL (about 13 million US$) to Mamuka Potolashvili, nearly tripling the starting offer (read more here). Mr. Potolashvili is 100% shareholder of wine company Bolero & Company. After privatization Bolero & Company invested 5 million GEL and is planning to add 8 million GEL this year into renovation of Gruzwinprom enterprise.

American wine professionals visited Georgia

24.05.2017 (Hvino News). A group of American wine professionals comprising wine importers, sommeliers and wine writers visited Georgia for a week. The group was headed by Julie Peterson of Marq Energie Consulting, a contractor company of Georgian National Wine Agency.

Within the tour the guests got acquainted with the Georgian wine-making techniques and enjoyed wine made by European and traditional methods.

Julie Peterson said that interest in Georgian wine is growing in the US market. "This was the first visit for many wine writers and sommeliers in Georgia. We were in  Western Georgia - Racha, Imereti, Lechkhumi, because we also wanted to see  what was going on in Western Georgia, who are the producers, what are the  different grape varieties, how is the style different then in the East. We have been in Western Georgia for the past three days, today we are in Kartli and for the next three days we are going  to Kakheti. We travel in Eastern Georgia to compare the eastern style and the diversity of varieties with Western Georgian wines "- said the head of Washington-based consultancy.

Amber wines to be included in OIV's list of special wines

24.05.2017 (Hvino News). The International Organization for Vine and Wine (OIV) approved Georgia's proposal to include Georgian traditional "amber wine"  in the OIV's list of special wines.

Georgian amber (so-called "qarvisperi") wine is made by Georgian traditional method with fermentation using grape pulp ("chacha").

As the head of National Wine Agency Giorgi Samanishvili said, proposal made by Georgian side was followed by a positive response from OIV.

"This innovation is another important step to promote popularization and awareness of Georgian traditional wines around the world” - said Giorgi Samanishvili.

According to Mr. Samanishvili,  currently OIV's list of special wines includes 7 wines: sparkling wines, carbonated wines, fortified wines, liqueur wines, naturally sweet wines,  “Icewine”, sherry.

After completion of due procedures, Georgian amber wines will be the 8th one in the OIV list.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Georgia strives to diversify wine export markets

23.05.2017. Georgian wine is continuing to make an impression around the United States, Baltic States, the Great Britain and Japan.

Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili believes the export of Georgian wine to Japan will start in about five years.

In his words interest in Georgian wine is high on the Asian market and this year Georgian wine will be actively represented in a marketing campaign in Japan.

Despite all difficulties we have big potential and good results in terms of market diversification. We experience quite significant results on Chinese market. This year we expect to export 10 million bottles of wine in China. This country has become the second-third country in terms of wine export,” said Davitashvili.

Southern-Eastern markets, for example Japan, is included in this year’s action plan. Last year we have tasted [this market] during number of exhibitions. Today one of the wines masters of Japan who creates the market there is an ambassador of Georgian wine in Japan. We can suppose that Georgian wine will be exported to Japan in about five years,” the Minister added.

The next target market for Georgian wine will be South Korea.

   
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Friday, May 19, 2017

Georgian wines get top awards at 2017 Decanter Awards

19.05.2017. (Hvino News) Wines produced by Georgian companies collected some of the major awards at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards, with the prestigious international competition concluding this month.

Promoted as the world’s "largest and most influential wine competition”, the 2017 edition of the awards featured over 17,000 wines from across the world.

While the list of prize-winners will only be published by organisers next month, four Georgian companies have been confirmed to have claimed top awards by internationally recognised judges of the event.

The Platinum awards went to Château Mukhrani's Réserve Royale Saperavi 2012 and to Maranuli's Barrel Selected Ostkhanuri Sapere 2015, marking the first-ever platinum wins for Georgian wines at the Decanter contest.

In another major result, Georgia has won two gold medals, for Vaziani's "Makashvili Wine Cellar" Mtsvane, and Winery Khareba's red "In vino veritas". For more details, read here.

Submissions for the 14th edition of Decanter Awards were assessed by over 200 wine experts in London, the United Kingdom. Their ranks included 65 Masters of Wine and 20 Master Sommeliers.

The judges qualified the wines based on their regional and style-based specialisation, tasting the products while knowing the region, style and price bracket of the given wines but being unaware of the producer or the brand name.

Comparing notes between each other, the juries finally reached a consensus on awards for the featured wines.

Gold medal-winning wines were advanced to compete for platinum against other winners from the same region or style, with platinum winners going through to another round of tasting for the ultimate Best in Show award.

Last year, 66 Georgian wines were awarded silver and bronze medals and seals of approval at the contest established in 2004.

 
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Georgian wines won 3 medals at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2017

19.05.2017 (Hvino News). The results of the 2017 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB) have been released recently. The 2017 CMB was held over 5 to 7 May in Valladolid, Spain and attracted 9 080 wines from 50 producer countries.

Georgian wines have won 3 medals: 1 Gold and 2 Silver. The Georgian winners are:

Gold:
   Georgian Wines & Spirits (GWS) Vismino Grand Saperavi 2014

Silver:
   Shumi Salome 2013
   Winery Khareba Akhasheni 2014

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Philippe LESPY: GWS has potential to become main player of Georgia in wine production

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18.05.2017 (Hvino News). The special guest of Hvino News today is Mr. Philippe LESPY, CEO at Georgian Wines and Spirits company (GWS). He kindly agreed to answer our questions.

Hvino News: We suggest starting the interview with your company’s brief outline. What is the GWS history? What are the most recent achievements?

Philippe Lespy: GWS is one of the most famous wineries in Georgia that was founded in 1993 in Telavi, Achinebuli on the base of the famous winery “Telavi2“, created in 1976. For me, GWS has been the first modern winery which bottled sustainable quality wines, the first modern winery who planted their own vineyards and used modern production tools. GWS is the 3rd largest wines and spirits group in Georgia and bases its reputation on quality and integrity.

Since 2013, GWS has restarted a production of quality wines. By the end of 2017, GWS will be able to produce 3 million bottles of high quality wines from its own vineyards (still and sparkling wines), and chacha. It can already reach a capacity of processing 6 million of bottles overall. By the end of 2017, the winery will operate 280 hectares of red grape varietals and 120 hectares of white grape varietals. This will combine traditional Georgian (85%) and international varietals (15%). In the near future, GWS will present its new style of organic wines from its own vineyards, including qvevris (traditional amphora fermentation).

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Georgian wine exports to China to grow as Free Trade Agreement is signed

16.05.2017. Georgian wine exports to China are set to grow after the two countries officially signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on 13 May, following a series of negotiations that started as early as December 2015.

The FTA will see China drop a tariff on 93.9% of exported products from Georgia, with 90.9% of products enjoying zero tariff either later this year or early next year, as reported by China’s state news agency Xinhua.

The tariff on remaining products will be reduced over a period of five years.

Once effective, Georgia will become another wine producing country to be exporting wines to China with zero tariff following Chile, New Zealand and Australia, though tariff on Australian wines will only be completely scrapped in 2019.

Impressions of 8-th New Wine Festival in Tbilisi

16.05.2017 (Hvino News). The eighth New Wine Festival took place on May 13 in Tbilisi's Mtatsminda Park Map , where new wines of 2016 harvests from all over Georgia were represented. The participants were nearly every large and small wineries, including family businesses from various regions.

During seven years the festival has become widely known among residents and guests of Tbilisi. The New Wine Festival is now a very popular event in Tbilisi - a must for every wine-lover in Georgia. It is a place where tourists, experts and Georgians come together to have a wonderful day.

Festival's creator and a famous winemaker Iago Bitarishvili said: "The festival has become an important event in terms of marketing: this time it was specially visited by importers from France, Spain, the USA, Australia, Ukraine and Russia, wine journalists from different countries. No less important, the festival has become important both for the city and for the country in terms of tourism, because travel agencies specially plan tours to participate in it. "

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Zurab Ramazashvili becomes the Burgundy Wine Knight

14.05.2017. (Hvino News) Zurab Ramazashvili, the co-founder of Telavi Wine Cellar – one of Georgia’s leading wine producing companies – was nominated as a member of the French “Brotherhood of Knights of  the Wine-Tasting Cup”.

The brotherhood known as “Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin” initiated the new Knight during a solemn ceremony on May 13 at the ancient castle of Château du Clos de Vougeot in the heart of Burgundy, the famous wine producing province of France.

The members of the brotherhood of wine knights of Burgundy are called “chevaliers du Testevin” because of the organization’s medieval symbol – tâtevin or testevin – the traditional wine-tasting cup, used by tasters and wine-producers. An essential tool for winegrowers since the Middle Ages, the cup is made of solid silver or silver-plated, and has a raised design so that the appearance and colour of the wines can be appreciated.

Friday, May 12, 2017

Export of draught wine from Georgia banned

12.05.2017 (Hvino News). The Agrarian Committee of Georgia's Parliament  unanimously approved amendments to the Law on Vine and Wine. Nodar Kereselidze, first deputy minister of agriculture, presented the draft law at the meeting and talked about the reasons why the draft law was on the agenda (Read more: The Law on Wine to be modified).

According to Kereselidze, despite the fact that the current legislation defines a number of terms in the viticulture and winemaking, as well as a number of basic principles are established, it does not meet modern requirements, is not adapted to international terms which in many cases create obstacles to import-export of wine and grape spirits.

Significant changes have been made to the wine classification: qvevri and amber wines were added. Changes are in the order of labeling. The private sector representatives agreed, and it was reflected in the draft law, to ban the export of draught wine which will further promote the quality wine export and will prevent falsification.

Official: Current wine and spirits export data

12.05.2017 (Hvino News) According to official data, in January-April 2017, 18,4 million bottles of wine have been exported from Georgia to 39 countries worldwide, that is 59% higher than the similar data of the last year. In the period under review, 41,4 mil. USD worth of wine have been exported, that is 54% higher than the similar data of the last year.

“According to January-April of this year, wine and other alcohol beverage export indicators have increased by 60% compared with the similar data of the last year... Export has progresses on markets of the EU countries, China, USA and on traditional markets as well” - stated the head of National Wine Agency Giorgi Samanishvili.

The first five of exporter countries is the fallowing: Russia - 11 076 205, China -2 391 981,Ukraine - 1 874 212, Poland - 814 882 and Kazakhstan - 602 407 bottles.

Monday, May 8, 2017

Japan’s wine master is fond of Georgian wine culture

08.05.2017 (Hvino News) Kenichi Ohashi is the first Japanese Master of Wine who came to Georgia last week to explore country's reach wine culture and market. Japanese wine expert was accompanied by wine writer Akihiko Yamamoto, a representative of Japanese Sommelier Association.

On the first day of his visit in Georgia, Japanese guests held a meeting in National Wine Agency, and visited wine company Chateau Mukhrani. The visit continued in Kakheti andthe guests had opportunity to taste over 100 varieties of Georgian wine of the following companies: Giuaani, Kakhetian Traditional Winemaking, Shumi, Telavi Wine Cellar, Teleda, Schuchmann Wines, Vaziani, Shalauri Wine Cellar, Maranuli, Kakha Tchotiashvili Winery, Winery Khareba, also, visited a qvevri-maker Zaza Kbilashvili and learnt the qvevri-making technology. They tasted Gotsa Wines in Kartli.

Georgian wine made impressed Mr. Ohashi,  who is the only Master of Wine in Japan:  “My impression of Georgian wine is absolutely fantastic, I am very ashamed, because I was not familiar with Georgian wine, it's my shame. There is so much new information, number one is the history over 8 thousand years, absolutely, Georgia is an ancestor of wine and wine-making and we should respect this nation - Georgia. The second one is the variety. Georgian wines' style is very suitable for our cuisine, and I think, Georgian wine future on our market is absolutely brilliant” - stated Kenichi Ohashi.

As the head of Marketing and PR Department of National Wine Agency Irakli Cholobargia mentioned, Kenichi Ohashi represents the Agency's contractor marketing company Red Bridge, which organizes marketing and advertising campaign of Georgian wine in Japan this year.

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Yet another Georgian wine made into "Esquire" Top-10 list

04.05.2017 (Hvino News). Just days ago Hvino News informed our readers that Georgian wine was featured in the list of best natural wines published by famous American lifestyle magazine Esquire.

Today we are glad to tell yet another Georgian wine made into a new Esquire's list. This time the magazine compiled of best sparkling wines "The 10 Best Pét-Nat Wines Under $40", and Georgian Mtsvae by Okro's Wines was included in it.

The authors call Georgian wine "Okro's draws on generations of natural winemaking in qvevri, or clay vessels, buried underground. The wine speaks of an indigenous grape varietal, Mtsvane".Quoted price per bottle is 27 US$.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Georgian Wine, Food & Poliphonia

by Nino Gugunishvili

02.05.2017. Best known as the owner of wine producer Pheasant’s Tears and a talented and energetic businessman well versed in the Georgian ‘tamada’ traditions, John H. Wurdeman first discovered Georgian polyphonic singing when he decided to relocate to Georgia back in 1995.

Before starting his winemaking operation and opening a restaurant in Sighnaghi, he and his Georgian wife Ketevan traveled around the country collecting traditional music and creating paintings. In addition to being a successful winemaker and restaurateur, Wurdeman is also an artist with a graduate degree from the Surikov Institute in Moscow.

We met with Wurdeman in his latest restaurant, the cozy Poliphonia, at 23 Amagleba Street in Tbilisi, to talk about wine, Georgian food and two exciting upcoming events. Poliphonia will host a unique tasting on May 5, where guests will have the chance to compare eight different regions of Georgia through wine, cuisine and polyphony. On May 12, the restaurant will host Zero Compromise, a tasting of natural wines presented by the wine growers themselves, from 11am to 5 pm.

Monday, May 1, 2017

Georgian wine on show in Lithuania’s biggest wine exhibition

01.05.2017 (Hvino News). Wine enthusiasts in Lithuania will have a chance to taste some unique Georgian wines.

On May 5-6, the biggest wine and spirits event in the Baltic States wine exhibition "Vyno Dienos 2017” (Wine Days 2017) will showcase six Georgian wine companies: Besini, Askaneli Brothers, Khareba, Guiaani, Zakro Vino, Kindzmarauli Marani, Corporation Georgian Wine.

The wine exhibition gives special platform for the wine insiders where professionals meet professionals and final consumers.

Wine and spirits producers, international importers, gourmet representatives, companies that make glass and wine accessories for two days may enjoy a company and attention of more than 4,000 visitors that are closely related and are interested in the presented products.

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