Georgian deputy economy minister promotes local wine at UNWTO wine tourism conference
At the event held between Monday and Wednesday, Kvrivishvili said the Georgian delegation had informed representatives of the international wine and tourism industry about development and achievements of the country’s wine and tourism sectors. Photo: Ministry of Economy
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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.
At the event held between Monday and Wednesday, Kvrivishvili said the Georgian delegation had informed representatives of the international wine and tourism industry about development and achievements of the country’s wine and tourism sectors.
We also met international partners and discussed future cooperation with them. I am glad that the wine tourism industry of Georgia is praised at the global level, and is an example for many countries of how the winemaking and tourism sectors should cooperate in order to achieve high results like [in] Georgia", Kvrivishvili said after her address to the conference.
Featuring over 30 international speakers and 300 professionals from the sector, the conference focused on the role of innovation in the future of wine tourism.
Kvrivishvili participated in the event panel on the future of wine tourism, where she discussed necessary policies for advancing wine tourism together with the ministers from Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Moldova, Portugal, San Marino and Serbia.
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.
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.
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.
"This is the biggest event in our country’s life in terms of cementing Georgia’s image as the world’s cradle of wine”, said Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
The Georgian government on Monday released updated conditions for the state subsidy programme for the ongoing grape harvest.
Georgian economy minister and vice prime minister Levan Davitashvili on Saturday attended the official opening ceremony of the newly rehabilitated historical palace of Chateau Mukhrani in Georgia’s eastern village of Mukhrani, the economy ministry said.