9,000 tonnes of grapes in 24 hours - the highest harvest rate of the past 30 years
A special grape harvest coordination centre offers support to wine growers and producers around the clock.Photo: The National Wine Agency of Georgia
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The volume of grapes processed on a daily basis in Georgia has reached 9,000 tonnes in the past 24 hours, which is the highest rate of harvest over the last 30 years in Georgia’s grape-producing Kakheti region.
Staff of the special grape harvest coordination centre has been sent to prevent large queues near wine enterprises under such high processing conditions”, the National Wine Agency of Georgia reports.
As of September 16, around 54,000 tonnes of grapes have been processed in Kakheti region.
Of the different varieties, about 35,000 tonnes of Rkatsiteli, 14,000 tonnes of Saperavi, 2,700 tonnes of Kakhetian Mtsvane and other varieties of grapes have been processed.
Over 6,000 tonnes of grapes have been processed in Kakheti region as of September 13.
5,500 tonnes of grapes have been processed in Kakheti region as of September 2.
National Wine Agency Chairman Levan Mekhuzla says that Georgia may face a challenging grape harvest season this year.
PM, cabinet members and their children pick grapes in Kakheti
Georgia’s Prime Minister and other members of Cabinet, together with their children, participated in grape harvesting in the country’s leading wine-producing region.
A snail farm has opened in the western Georgian region of Samegrelo within the the state-run United Agro Project. A total of 200 new enterprises have been financed in Georgia within the United Agro Project, including 25 in Samegrelo.
The wine-making sector is giving new energy to job creation and strengthening Georgian business, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a meeting with wine-makers earlier today.
Head of the Adjara region government Tornike Rizhvadze has announced that tangerines will be exported to new markets in several EU member states this year.
Georgia is getting ready for the major grape harvest season during which more than a hundred thousand tonnes of grapes will be picked, packed and sold locally or exported. Traditionally, the wine harvest begins in September in Georgia’s winemaking regions – Kakheti, Imereti and Racha.
The government of Georgia will subsidise the 2020 grape harvest, especially grape varieties of Rkatsiteli and Kakhuri Mtsvane in order to support farmers completely sell their produce, announces Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia.