Wine masters from the US visit Georgia to explore local wine
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A group of sommeliers and wine importers from the United States (US) are visiting Georgia for five days to learn more about the country’s rich wine history and culture.
The guests will visit 18 local wine-producing companies in various regions of Georgia where they will be introduced to Georgian winemaking traditions and technologies.
Executive director of TastingWorks and a master of wine Lisa Granik is leading the group of seven wine professionals from the US.
This is not the first time Granik organised a visit of wine masters from the US to Georgia. Also, thanks to her dozens of Georgian wine tasting events have been held in different cities of the US.
As Granik said the quality of Georgian wine has been improving year after year.
The US is one of the growing export markets for Georgian wines.
During the first seven months of 2017, Georgia exported 236,000 bottles of wine to the US, which was 89 percent more compared to the same period of 2016.
A group of sommeliers from the United States (US) is visiting Georgia for one week to learn more about the country’s rich wine history and culture.
A group of wine professionals from the United States (US), including wine importers, wine writers and sommeliers are visiting Georgia to learn more country’s rich wine history and culture.
Georgian wine is steadily gaining a solid reputation in the United States (US) thanks to a number of wine-related events that aim to raise awareness of Georgian wine in the country.
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For the next seven days Georgia will bask in the sweet smell of wine as the country celebrates national wine week.
Georgian wine was showcased at five events of fine, natural wines in the United States’ cities of New York and Los Angeles during the past one week, announced the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Famous US magazine "Food and Wine” will publish an article about Georgian wine, wine culture and traditions in its October 2018 issue.
American master of wine Lisa Granik is visiting Georgia together with US sommeliers, exploring the country’s rich wine history and culture in the regions of Kartli and Kakheti.
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American master of wine, head of the National Wine Agency contractor American company Tastingwork, Lisa Granik, has written a book “The Wines of Georgia”, which is already available for internet users.