Harvest Week: Bluesy Kakhetian Wine

2017 10.09 (2)

The vibe changes in September, though, when the slumbering villages spark to life. It’s harvest time, and the rural road is suddenly busy with cars, dump trucks and tractors pulling trailers – all either packed with grapes or on their way to the fields to pick them. This is Georgia’s largest wine region and nearly every…

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Evening Standard on Why Wine Lovers Should Visit Georgia

2018 1.02

In an article published by The Evening Standard, Georgia is named as the top destination and “a wine-lovers’ heaven” worth a visit in 2018. The author of the article, Disha Daswaney, notes that travel experts at Lonely Planet have recently ranked Tbilisi the number one destination for wine in their latest publication, The Cities Book,…

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Hungry for Travels: Georgia (the country) should be on your mind

2017 10.25 (1)

Culinary journey in Georgia. “Alongside my khinkali and khachapuri was a simple yet vibrant garden salad consisting of vine-ripened tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, parsley, and a drizzle of a regional nutty tasting oil. With my first bite of the salad I was speechless.” – Blakely Trettenero

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Grape Harvest 2017 Wrapped Up

2017 10.23

Georgian Agriculture Minister, Levan Davitashvili, announced that 123,000 tons of grapes were processed in Georgia this year, an “unprecedented success”. While summarizing the grape harvest 2017, the minister noted that farmers had earned around GEL 150 million income from selling their harvest.

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Tourists join in grape harvest in Kakheti collection vineyard

2017 10.23 (1)

Locals and tourists visiting Georgia’s wine region of Kakheti teamed up to harvest the grapes of over 400 varieties at a unique vineyard of Georgian wine company Shumi. Head of Georgian National Wine Agency Giorgi Samanishvili said that such activities promoted the development of wine tourism in Georgia as well as raised awareness of Georgian…

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Tbilisoba – Harvest Bacchanalia for the Whole Family

2017 10.20

When it comes to fragrances, nothing makes you stop in your tracks and moan in delight more than the redolence of mtsvadi roasting on the coals of grape vine trimmings. It’s the juicy sizzling fat basting the chunks of skewered pork that clinches it and makes whiffing the browning meat just as good as eating it. For…

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Georgia’s grape harvest 2017: “unprecedented success”

2017 10.19

“Since independence we have not sold so many wines in terms of quantity as well as in terms of amount of money,” said Georgia’s Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili who today summarised the grape harvest of 2017. Davitashvili expects that 70 million bottles of Georgian wine will be exported this year as the grape harvest has…

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