PM holds preparatory meeting for harvest season with Gov’t officials
Participants pointed out the “complete readiness” of both state authorities and private sector for conducting the harvest in an “organised manner”, the Government Administration said. Photo: Government administration
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Specific measures necessary for an “organised and successful” grape harvest in Georgia this season was discussed by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Government officials earlier today.
Participants pointed out the “complete readiness” of both state authorities and private sector for conducting the harvest in an “organised manner”, the Government Administration said.
Coordination headquarters for the 2022 harvest season will launch on August 25 in the city of Telavi in eastern Georgia's winemaking province of Kakheti, and operate round-the-clock.
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All winemakers will be able to sell their crops with the support of the state, the officials also noted, adding the “dynamics of stable development” of the winemaking industry of recent years would be maintained.
The Administration also said the subsidy for the local winemakers would continue this year, adding specific details would be announced at the next Government meeting.
The Georgian government has allocated 14 million GEL in subsidies to assist in the harvesting of grapes damaged by heavy hail in the Georgian wine region of Kakheti on August 27 and September 2. The government is also subsidising the 2021 grape harvest to financially support farmers during the pandemic
In total 164,000 tonnes of grapes have been processed in the Georgian wine region of Kakheti as of September 22, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency. Out of the processed grapes, about 96,000 tonnes were of the Rkatsiteli variety, 60,000 tonnes were Saperavi, 3,300 tonnes were Kakhuri Mtsvane and the remaining were different grape varieties.
The Georgian government will purchase grapes as a result of heavy hail and wind in the Georgian wine region of Kakheti, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated today.
The grape harvest has started early in the Georgian wine region of Kakheti after heavy hail and wind destroyed 4,600 ha of vineyards in about 30 villages this week. Farmers are picking hail-damaged grapes in the towns of Kvareli, Gurjaani, Lagodekhi and Telavi in Kakheti.
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.’
The Georgian Government will subsidise the 2022 grape harvest due to the "record-high grape yield", Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced at today's Government meeting.
Factories have processed 142,000 tonnes of grapes from the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, with about 13,000 growers generating ₾141 million ($48.45 mln) in income so far, the Georgian national wine agency announced on Thursday.