Georgian wine tasting in Fukuoka

10.05.2018 (Hvino News). Georgian wine tasting was held in Fukuoka, Japan. The event was organized by Kenichi Ohashi MW, head of Red Bridge marketing company, which is National Wine Agency's contractor). Tasting of Georgian wine was led by Hiroshi Ishida, Japan's top sommelier.

The tasting seminar was attended by up to 100 professional of wine: sommeliers, wine importers, representatives of hotels and restaurants.

The guests were able to taste wines of the following companies: Chateau Mukhrani (Rkatsiteli Superieur), Shalauri Wine Cellar (Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane), Shumi (Iberiuli - Mtsvane, Mukuzani), Giuaani (Saperavi Barrel) and Orgo (Saperavi).

Some of the guests of the presentation expressed their readiness to include Georgian wine in their restaurants menus.

Japan is one of the strategic markets of Georgian wine, where, according to the data of four months of the current year, over 73 thousand bottles of wine have been exported, which is 139% higher than the similar data of the last year.

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