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.