Read the latest from Caucasian Journal: Armenia-Azerbajani conflict, political and business situation in Georgia, views from Israel

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CJ pays a growing attention to the Armenia-Azerbaijani conflict, publishes two interviews with international experts:  Dr. Laurence BROERS: "There won’t be Armenian-Azerbaijani Dayton"; and Dr. Andreas UMLAND on escalation of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and Russia's role.

Political and economic situation in Georgia are addressed from very different viewpoints in interviews with lawyer Zaza Bibilashvili, hotelier Valeri Chekheria, and American investor Seth Char. While Valeri CHEKHERIA is positive about "shaping new Georgia", Zaza BIBILASHVILI  assures that "democratic backsliding is evident", and Seth CHAR feels disappointed as "it’s easy to start a business in Georgia but difficult to make it work" (also available in Georgian).

Finally, two articles show the views from Israel on business and political relations with Georgia. His Excellency Ambassador Ran GIDOR notes that "We’ve been spending too much time toasting each other", while Meni BENISH of Israel-Georgian Chamber of Commerce states that his organization "can get financial support for any size of ventures" (also available in Georgian).

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2020 London Wine Competition Winners Announced

21.07.2020 (Hvino News). Find out which wines won awards at this year’s London Wine Competition. Hvino News is proud to be official media partner of London Wine Competition. The results of the 2020 London Wine Competition are out. This is where wines are judged for end consumers. Wines are rated with 3 main criteria in mind, quality, value and package. To be a medal winner, wines must show overall rating in all the 3 factors. This year’s competition saw about 1000 entries from more than 41 countries which also included new wine producing countries like India.

The top 3 countries that scored the medals were Australia, Italy and Spain. Followed by France, Portugal and the United States. The top 5 varieties that scored were Shiraz / Syrah, Cabernet, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Tempranillo. The biggest improvement in score by country was in the United States which had the highest average score by country followed by France.

Here are the highlights of the 2020 London Wine Competition:

Caucasian Journal and Hvino News offer free advertising as support for businesses, call for other mass medias to join

We know that many businesses – both small and big – are impacted by the outbreak of Covid-19. Many companies face a long road ahead as they try to rebuild themselves following the lockdown. In this difficult time, we believe that businesses must show maximum support to each other.

We’ve listened to businesses to understand how we can support them. Caucasian Journal and its sister business news sites including Hvino News and Hvino Novosti decided to give companies struggling in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic free advertising.

From 22 May all the companies in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan are eligible to apply free banner advertising to use across the Caucasian Journal and our sister business news sites including Hvino News and Hvino Novosti. 

The successful applicants will be matched up to a dedicated account manager for full support. Caucasian Journal will also offer free graphic design support if necessary. The duration of free advertising period will be limited to one month per one company.

Read the latest from Caucasian Journal: Caucasus during coronavirus pandemic, and world after COVID

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CJ dedicated several articles to coronavirus, and added a special COVID page to our main menu: This page is equipped with widgets where readers can find real-time data on COVID situation in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan. "Georgia follows Japan trajectory," - argues an expert. See our COVID data widget below.

Economic and political aspects of the coronavirus pandemic are in focus of CJ's recent interviews with Director of World Bank for South Caucasus, and Director for Global Program at International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (former director of NDI Georgia).

The Swedish response to COVID-19 is in the focus of the world's attention today. But how does it feel to recover from coronavirus in a Swedish hospital? And when the patient happens to be a former ambassador to Georgia Per EKLUND, Caucasus Journal is especially keen about his comments.

Do you care about improving quality of life in South Caucasus? Are you concerned about quality of education, air pollution, or road safety? Then you might want to know how the same problems have been solved in other countries.  CJ has published exclusive interviews with top experts on reforms in city management, clean energy, school education. 

Below you may find real time statistical data on corona virus situation in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan:

 

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COVID-19 situation in Georgia and South Caucasus

Hvino's sister publication Caucasian Journal has added a special COVID Page to its main menu. On that page the readers can find real time statistical data on corona virus situation in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan.

You are welcome to use this COVID widget for your page. Contact us to get embedding code.

We will be adding more tools to visualize the COVID data, as well as links to useful resources.

Caucasian Journal's COVID Page can be found at https://english.caucasianjournal.org/p/covid.html. 

Badagoni to donate its hand sanitizer to Ministry of Health

01.04.2020 (Hvino News) One of Georgia's largest wine producers Badagoni company started producing a hand sanitizer under Badagoni brand.

The product is 80% alcohol-based, and packed - unsurprisingly - in 180 ml mini wine bottles. The product is fully compliant with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards.

According to company's statement, Badagoni hand santizer will be distributed free of charge to the Ministry of Health of Georgia, to help in government's efforts in combating the spread of COVID-19 in Georgia.

This is not an April 1 joke. Hvino News applauds the efforts of Badagoni and other Georgian wine makers who are making their  important contributions to the common struggle against corona virus.

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Telavi Wine Cellar contributes 300,000 GEL to StopCov Fund

26.03.2020 (Hvino News) A leading Georgian winemaker Telavi Wine Cellar announced that it has donated 300,000 GEL to StopCov Fund.

"Given the current state of affairs in the country, on behalf of each Telavi Wine Cellar employees, we would like to thank physicians, health care professionals, police crews, government agencies and all those who work against the spread of OVID-19 around the clock", - reads the company's statement. "From the very first day of the virus spread, our company has been following the recommendations of the World Health Organization and the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, primarily for the safety of our staff. Employees at risk groups work remotely, and the enterprise continues to operate with specific guidelines in place to ensure smooth production and timely delivery of quality wines you are familiar with. Our employees are dedicated and proud people who work for you, so stay home and protect your surroundings. Wish you health!"

Read the latest from Caucasian Journal: West European experts to share best reforms experience with Caucasian readership

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Do you care about improving quality of life in South Caucasus? Are you concerned about quality of education, air pollution, or road safety? Then you might want to know how the same problems have been solved in other countries. For those people who want to learn about successful reforms, Caucasian Journal in 2020 started to interview the most competent high-level practitioners from Western Europe.

For its interviews under program called “Best Nordic and Baltic Practice”, the Tbilisi-based multilingual journal selects topics, which are most relevant to the countries of South Caucasian region.

The first interview published last week focuses on Estonian school reform, and how Georgians and Azerbaijani compare internationally with students of same age.

“Why did we invite an Estonian expert? Because the Estonian teenagers rank the highest in Europe”, - reads the article in Caucasian Journal. “Indeed, according to recent OECD PISA worldwide student assessment results, the Estonian 15-year olds have the Europe’s highest scores in all disciplines.”

Startup Vault Wines has it all: Blockchain, Davos, Georgia

30.01.2020 (Hvino News). A Georgian wine project presentation during World Economic Forum in Davos sounds like quite an extraordinary event. Even more surprising is that the brand - Vault Wines -  is new and little-known. In fact, it is a startup initiated by a group of young people. Hvino News asked the leaders of Vault Wines some questions. We hope that answers provided by Ana Mirianashvili and Irakli Eliashvili will help our readers better understand the concept of this unusual project.

First of all, please clarify for our readers, what is Vault Wines – a technology startup, a wine brand, or a wine resort? 

Vault Wines is an open collaboration between Vault Wines team, Chelti Winery and KTW group to launch a new blockchain based winery supply chain management and authentication system, online retail store and a new luxury wine brand. Vault Wines targets small/medium sized global winery market for the software side of operations and exclusively ultra premium wine segment for luxury wine brand, as well as, expanding partnership and distribution channels internationally.

Japan Airlines First Class Lounge starts serving Georgian wine to passengers

18.01.2020 (Hvino News) For the first time, a Georgian wine has appeared in the menu of Japan Airlines First Class Lounge. A premium qvevri white wine Shalauri Cellars Rkatsiteli 2018 was selected by Japan Airlines for its prestigious wine list offered to first class passengers.

Georgian Shalauri wine displayed at JAL First Class Lounge at Narita airport, Japan

Shalauri Rkatsiteli is produced in village Shalauri in Kakheti. Previously, the wine achieved high ratings: 89 points from Wine Enthusiast, and 88 points from Wine & Spirits Magazine.

London Wine Beer & Spirits Competitions promoted globally

17.01.2020. Hvino News is proud to become the official media partner of London Wine Competition.

When the London Wine Competition launched in 2017 it was the first global event of its kind to not just judge the wines on their quality, but also how much they cost, and what they looked like. It was soon followed by similar events to cover beers and spirits to create a full drinks awards programme.

Here’s details on how to enter the separate competitions for this year and the added benefits for doing so with publicity, partnerships and coverage at major trade fairs in Europe and the US.

If you are supplying beers, wines or spirits to the on and off-trades then here’s why the separate London Competitions – with closing date for entries on January 31 – could be a new marketing opportunity for your brands, products and suppliers in key markets around the world.