Grape harvest season picks up in Georgia's wine region of Kakheti
During this year’s harvest about 300,000 tonnes of grapes are expected to be picked in the Kakheti region alone. Photo: National Wine Agency of Georgia.
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The grape harvest season is picking up steam in the Georgian winemaking region of Kakheti, where 200 tonnes of grapes have already been processed as of August 26, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.
During this year’s harvest about 300,000 tonnes of grapes are expected to be picked in the Kakheti region alone.
There are already 50 wine producing companies registered at a grape harvest coordination centre which will be involved in different stages of the grape harves process.
The government of Georgia will subsidise the grape varieties of Rkatsiteli and Kakhuri Mtsvane in 2020 in order to support farmers and help them sell their produce. The price of Rkatsiteli and Kakhuri Mtsvane will not be less than 80 tetri.
The volume of grapes processed during the 2019 harvest in Georgia reached 271,000 tonnes, which was the highest harvest volume over the last 30 years, said the Georgian National Wine Agency.
Traditionally, the wine harvest begins in September in Georgia’s winemaking regions of 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.
The Ministry of Agriculture has extended support programmes for business and agriculture, and offers grapes, hazelnuts and tea producers an effective support package, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.
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 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.
About 11,000 tonnes of grapes of various varieties have been processed in the Kakheti region, east Georgia, as of September 8.
The grape harvest is continuing actively in Georgia’s eastern wine region of Kakheti, where as of today, 133,000 tonnes of grape have already been processed.
The Georgian government will subsidise the 2021 grape harvest due to an excess grape yield this season and the post-pandemic situation in order to financially support farmers, announced Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili earlier today. Garibashvili stated that the price of one kilo of the Rkatsiteli wine variety will not be less than 90 tetri, noting that ‘companies will receive an additional 35 tetri from the state.’
About 70,000 tonnes of grapes of various varieties have been processed as part of the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, the national wine agency said on Friday.