175,500 tonnes of grapes processed in harvest in Georgia’s winemaking Kakheti region
The Georgian government has allocated ₾150 million (about $53 mln) in subsidies for the 2022 seasonal harvest. The government said in August it would subside the harvest due to the “record-high grape yield”, with PM Irakli Garibashvili pledging “not a single kilogram of grapes will be left behind” in accepting produce from farmers. Photo: National wine agency of Georgia.
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Factories have processed 175,500 tonnes of grapes from the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, with about 16,000 growers generating ₾174 million (about $ 61,514,530) in income so far, the national wine agency announced on Monday.
Growers have processed the following grape varieties:
- Rkatsiteli – 102.7 tonnes
- Saperavi – 75.5 tonnes
- Kakhuri Mtsvane – 4.5 tonnes
About 225 wine factories have been involved in the work, with an average of 9,000 tonnes processed per day, the national body also said.
The Georgian government has allocated ₾150 million (about $53 mln) in subsidies for the 2022 seasonal harvest. The government said in August it would subside the harvest due to the “record-high grape yield”, with PM Irakli Garibashvili pledging “not a single kilogram of grapes will be left behind” in accepting produce from farmers.
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