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.
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— Ulrik Tideström ???????????????? (@UTidestrom) October 9, 2022