Massachusetts venues to host Ghvino Forum on Georgian winemaking
This year's forum will involve a conference where historians, wine researchers and experts will speak about historical background of winemaking in Georgia and the 'qvevri' method of wine storage in clay vessels. Photo: Ghvino Forum organisers.
Tweet 
Share
Three venues in Massachusetts will open their doors for a historical introduction to and contemporary look at Georgian winemaking starting this Sunday, within the second edition of annual Ghvino Forum.
At the Harvard Faculty Club, Legal Sea Foods Park Square and City Winery Boston historians, wine professionals and industry figures will bring their insight into the thousands of years of winemaking culture on the territory of Georgia and modern Georgian wines.
A festival celebrating Saperavi wines and the traditional qvevri method for wine storage will be the key event of the first day of the forum before a conference and symposium takes over on Monday.
Following an opening by officials and diplomatic dignitaries, the conference will offer the attending audience an introduction into subjects including 8,000 years of wine culture on the territory of Georgia, the country's contemporary wine industry and an archaeological look at the diversity of grapes cultivated within its borders.
The forum will launch with the Georgian Wine Festival on October 27:
A number of the conference's historical talking points will refer to a 2017 international scientific study that saw scientists and historians pore over exhibits from archaeological items from Georgia - including grape seeds and clay vessels - to conclude that wine was being produced on the territory of the country as far back as about 6000 BCE.
The conclusion has been used by state wine agencies and cultural organisations in Georgia over the recent years for presenting the country as the cradle for winemaking, with exhibitions, industry events and festival exposure for the subject.
The conference at the Harvard Faculty Club will involve National Wine Agency of Georgia Chairman Levan Mekhuzla, University of Pennsylvania's Patrick McGovern, Master of Wine Lisa Granik, Laurent Bouby of the University of Montpellier and other speakers covering their topics of research on Georgian wine.
The final day of the forum on Tuesday will see visitors invited for trade tasting and seminar on the focus subject, with more details on locations, talks and panel discussions available on the events official website.
Launched last year, the Ghvino Forum is organised by the America Georgia Business Council with the aim of exploring winemaking cultures and promote Georgia's heritage in the field.
France's winemaking-oriented Oenovideo film festival awarded its prize-winners this week, with a Georgian art documentary on the country's heritage and culture in the field among those singled out for awards.
The finding of the world’s earliest traces of winemaking in Georgia is among the 10 major archaeological discoveries from around the world in 2017, according to the magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Twenty-four Georgian wines have received two double-gold, 15 gold and seven silver medals at the 6th Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2019, the National Wine Agency of Georgia says.
Wine Agency on results of quality control of last 6 months
The Georgian National Wine Agency has released the results of a quality control study carried out over the past six months, and findings show that the overwhelming majority of alcohol containing products for export meet acceptable standards.
Georgian wines won gold at the Vine East wine festival held in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, on November 21, announces Georgia’s Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture.
The Georgian capital city of Tbilisi is hosting the 14th Annual Conference of the American Association of Wine Economists, with the Tbilisi State University welcoming participants of the event in the country for the first time.
Georgian deputy economy minister Mariam Kvrivishvili featured at the World Tourism Organisation's sixth global conference on wine tourism to promote Georgian wine at the event hosted in Italy, the ministry announced on Thursday.
The Georgian government on Monday released updated conditions for the state subsidy programme for the ongoing grape harvest.