Georgia will present a solo exhibition celebrating its traditional winemaking and viticulture at one of the most famous wine venues in Bordeaux, France.
The prestigious wine festival at Bordeaux Centre for Wine and Civilisations in France has invited Georgia to be the special guest for the event and showcase the history and culture of Georgian wine.
Georgia’s exhibition will be named Vineyard-Georgia and take place at the Bordeaux Centre for Wine and Civilisations from July-October 2017.
This is the first time when the Bordeaux Centre for Wine and Civilisations is holding a wine civilisation exhibition where Georgia is a host of the event as a country known as cradle of wine. Georgia’s Minister of Agriculture Levan Davitashvili will manage the exhibition and I ask all state agencies to cooperate with him to promote Georgia best way at the exhibition,” said Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at today’s Government meeting.
The Bordeaux Centre for Wine and Civilisations will jointly organise and finance the exhibition with Georgia.
Especially for this event Georgia will release vine-themed new 5 GEL (Georgian lari) silver coins to promote the country’s ancient winemaking traditions.
The new coins will picture Georgian vine varieties, wine and a large, ancient Georgian winemaking vessel qvevri.