
The group of wine professionals is headed by Julie Peterson of Marq Energie, an American marketing agency and National Wine Agency's contractor.
“We are here this week in Georgia with a group of sommeliers from the US market, from some of the top restaurants, because we are trying to introduce them to the exciting wine environment in Georgia. This year, exports have been up 43% from last year to the US market. In this group we have sommeliers from Chicago, Saint Louis and New York City, and we have a waiting list of other sommeliers from the US market who are really interested in exploring and understanding what is happening in Georgia right now” - said Julie Peterson.
The sommelier of one of the top restaurants in New York, James Slay is specially attracted by Aladasturi. He says that it's been a long time he wanted to come to Georgia and taste the wines at the place of its birth.


Under the frame of the tour, American sommeliers visit the following wine companies: Iago, Chateau Mukhrani, Ramaz Nikoladze Wines, Oda Family, Martville, Vartsikhe, Winery Khareba – Imereti, Telavi Wine Cellar, Tchotiashvili Wine Cellar, Schuchmann Wines, Orgo/Vita Vinea, Shalauri, Shumi, Chelti, Papari Valley, Okro, Pheasant's Tears, Askaneli Brothers, Shavnabada, Lukasi, they also visited a qvevri-maker Zaza Kbilashvili.
The US is one of the growing export markets for Georgian wines. During the first six months of 2017, Georgia exported 176,274 bottles of wine to the US, which was 43 percent more compared to the same period of 2016.
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