Grape harvest in Kakheti: over 142,000 tones of grapes picked so far
The income of about 15,000 grape growers in Kakheti region has exceeded over 204 million GEL. Photo: Wines of Georgia.
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The grape harvest continues actively in Georgia’s eastern wine region of Kakheti, where as of today, about 142,000 tonnes of grape have already been processed.
As a result, the income of about 15,000 grape growers in Kakheti region has exceeded over 204 million GEL, announced the Georgian National Wine Agency.
About 214 wine companies are involved in grape processing.
We can already say that the grape harvest 2018 was successful for the Kakheti region. The grape harvest still continues in Kakheti and in the coming days it will start in Racha region also”, said deputy head of the Georgian National Wine Agency Andro Aslanishvili.
Local growers have processed the following grape varieties:
- Saperavi – 66,500 tonnes
- Rkatsiteli – 56,800 tonnes
- Kakhuri Mtsvane – 2,700 tonnes
To date most grapes were processed in Kakheti’s Gurjaani municipality – 41,300 tonnes.
Followed by:
- Kvareli – 40,000 tonnes
- Telavi – 31,000 tonnes
- Sighnaghi – 12,000 tonnes
- Sagarejo – 5,000 tonnes
- Dedoplistskaro – 4,700 tonnes
- Akhmeta – 4,200 tonnes
- Lagodekhi – 3,800 tonnes
The 2018 grape harvest is in full swing in Georgia’s wine region of Kakheti. This will be the first grape harvest in the last 10 years that has not been subsidised by the state.
The government of Georgia has decided not to subsidise the grape harvest this year, announces the Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili.
"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.
The grape harvest is almost over in Georgia's main wine growing region Kakheti but the action continues in the northwestern Racha-Lechkhumi region, where a small amount of very unique grapes are grown.
About 155 tonnes of grapes have been picked in Georgia’s western Racha region as of September 30.
After a 400-year-long break, restored historic terraced vineyards in mountainous Meskheti is giving its first grape harvest.
Over 230,000 tonnes of grape have been processed during the grape harvest of 2018 and the income of 22,000 grape growers exceeded over 300 million GEL, announces Agriculture Minister of Georgia Levan Davitashvili, who says this result is a record high.
Over 6,000 tonnes of grapes have been processed in Kakheti region as of September 13.