Georgian PM: wine festival officially started in “homeland of wine” - Georgia, believing “even more tourists” will visit country
Garibashvili, together with the members of the government, hosted the foreign diplomats accredited to Georgia in the “historical” vineyard of Tsinandali and introduced them to the tradition of harvesting, highlighting the importance of winemaking for the country, the government administration said. Photo: Government administration
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Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday attended a new, annual wine festival - Wine Days in Georgia and said the country has been recognised by the “whole world” as the “homeland of wine”.
Garibashvili noted Georgia had an 8,000-year-old continuous tradition of winemaking and expressed his hope that “even more tourists” would visit not only the country’s wine region of Kakheti, but all the regions producing wine, adding the main message and the country’s trademark should be that Georgia is the homeland of wine.
Photo: Government administration
Garibashvili, together with the members of the government, hosted the foreign diplomats accredited to Georgia in the “historical” vineyard of Tsinandali and introduced them to the tradition of harvesting, highlighting the importance of winemaking for the country, the government administration said.
In her tweet, Anne Toft Sørensen, the Danish ambassador to Georgia called seeing how Georgian agriculture producers emphasised organic production "striking".
I ❤️ the beautiful fall in ????????. Today in #tsinandali on the invite of @GovernmentGeo. Seeing first hand how ???????? agri producers emphasize organic production is striking ????????Organic food products in ???????? have a bigger share of the retail market than anywhere else in the world pic.twitter.com/UNRRIX5reD
— Anne Toft Sørensen (@DKAmbGeorgia) October 9, 2022
Ulrik Tideström, the Swedish ambassador said he was "grateful" to the Georgian government for inviting him to practice and promote Georgia's agriculture and tradition.
რთველი ???? Harvesting grapes in Kakheti with @MaaikevanKoldam ???????? and other fellow ambassadors. Grateful to @GovernmentGeo for inviting us to practice and promote ???????? agriculture and tradition. pic.twitter.com/sOUA2KmGB2
— Ulrik Tideström ???????????????? (@UTidestrom) October 9, 2022
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili has announced a new, annual wine festival across the country, set to run between October 9-15 and inviting the public to taste varieties of Georgian wine and attend a number of entertaining events, the government administration said on Monday.
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.
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 Government will subsidise the 2022 grape harvest due to the "record-high grape yield", Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced at today's Government meeting.
Foreign diplomats on Sunday thanked Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili for a “great day” after the head of the government hosted them at the newly launched Wine Days festival in the winemaking Kakheti region in the east.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday discussed the concert agenda for 2023 and 2024 with the members of the organisational group of concerts of the “world-class stars”, the government administration said.
The newly launched Wine Days festival that celebrates the history and culture of winemaking in Georgia continued over the past weekend in the eastern Kakheti, southern Kvemo Kartli and western Imereti and Samegrelo regions with entertaining events, wine and food tasting and music performances.
The second edition of the annual Wine Days festival will be hosted in cities across Georgia next month and bring wine and entertaining events to visitors and locals.
Wine Days festival is being held from October 7 to October 15 for the second year in Georgia in 23 municipalities, celebrating the history and culture of winemaking in the country.