Georgia a leader among organic wine exporters to US - National Wine Agency
Citing the American Association of Wine Economists, the National Agency noted Georgia was followed by Austria with 7.4 percent and Canada with 7.1 percent. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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A total of 11.3 percent of wines exported from Georgia to the United States have organic wine certificates, making the country a leader among countries exporting to the US, the National Wine Agency of Georgia announced on Wednesday.
Citing the American Association of Wine Economists, the National Agency noted Georgia was followed by Austria with 7.4 percent and Canada with 7.1 percent.
It also said the exports of the product reached a “historical maximum” last year with a total of 1,084,278 bottles of Georgian wine exported to the US.
It also highlighted the growth rate was being maintained in the ongoing year as well, with 660,000 bottles of wine exported in the country in the first seven months of this year and marking a 16 percent increase year-on-year.
The 14th annual conference of the AAWE this year would be hosted by Georgia on August 24-28 in partnership with Tbilisi State University and with the support of the National Wine Agency and the America-Georgia Business Council, state body announced.
Holding the AAWE annual conference in Georgia will once again confirm that Georgia, as a wine producing and exporting country, occupies an important place in the world wine industry,” the Agency said.
Dozens of Georgian producers of wine and alcoholic beverages have presented their products at Vinexpo America taking place in New York between March 9-10, the National Wine Agency of Georgia announced earlier on Thursday.
Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia said there was a "great opportunity" for Georgian wine exports to the United States market, adding the Ministry would work to explore the direction.
Julie Peterson, Managing Partner of US marketing company Marq Energie Consulting, has met Georgian wine producers in the United States to introduce them to the characteristics of the US market and help them create strategies for exporting wine to the US.
About 20 Georgian wine companies have won gold, silver and bronze at the International Wine Challenge, the world’s most influential wine competition, the International Wine Challenge 2021 held in London this April.
Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia said maintaining the international image of Georgian wine remained a “priority” for state institutions, in comments made during his visit to a Tbilisi wine laboratory on Thursday.
Cooperation between Georgia and the United States in agriculture and environmental protection was discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Otar Shamugia, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and Robin Dunnigan, the US Ambassador to the country.