Japanese winemakers visiting Georgian wine regions
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A group of winemakers from Japan are visiting Georgia, exploring local wine culture and traditions in the country’s wine regions of Kakheti and Kartli.
The Japanese guests have visited several wine cellars in Kakheti and Kartli and learnt about traditional Georgian winemaking methods.
Japanese winemakers showed particular interest in Georgia’s qvevri winemaking process. Qvevri is a large, amphora-like clay vessel used for making, ageing and storing wine.
The guests invited Georgian winemakers to Japan, where some Japanese winemakers produce wine using the qvevri method.
Japan is one of the strategic export markets of Georgian wine, to where about 167,000 bottles of wine have been exported in the first seven months of 2018, which is 124 percent higher than the same period last year.
Import procedures for Georgian wines to Japan will be simplified, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Sixteen Georgian wine companies participated in the international fair Wine and Gourmet Japan 2018 held from April 11-13 in the capital of Japan, Tokyo. A seminar and tasting of Georgian wine titled "Georgia – The Cradle of Wine” was held during the fair.
Ten Georgian wines are being showcased at the 43nd International Food and Beverage Exhibition (FOODEX JAPAN) in Japan – the largest annual food and beverage trade show in Asia.
An international wine competition judged exclusively by Japanese female wine specialists awarded prizes to seven Georgian wines this week.
Japan’s only wine master Kenichi Ohashi is visiting Georgia with wine importers, sommeliers and a group of journalists in order to explore ways of increasing Georgian wine imports to Japan.
An international wine competition judged exclusively by Japanese female wine specialists has awarded Georgian wine the competition’s highest award, the Diamond Trophy.
Residents and visitors of Japan’s capital Tokyo can now learn about Georgia’s ancient winemaking traditions in an interactive exhibition bringing the history within touching distance of visitors.
Filmmaker Alexander Gabunia's art documentary Georgia - The Homeland of Wine was awarded at France's Oenovideo International Grape and Wine Film Festival, as winners of the world's largest cinema event on winemaking were revealed on Sunday.