16 Georgian wines on display at Japanese food and beverage exhibition
Hosted between Tuesday and Friday, the event is enabling Georgian companies to promote their products, establish themselves in the Japanese market and find distributor partners in the country. Photo: National Wine Agency of Georgia.
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Sixteen Georgian wines are being showcased at Foodex Japan, an annual international food and beverage exhibition in Tokyo, the Georgian National Wine Agency said on Thursday.
Hosted between Tuesday and Friday, the event is enabling Georgian companies to promote their products, establish themselves in the Japanese market and find distributor partners in the country, the Agency added.
Photo: National Wine Agency of Georgia
The event also features representatives of the Agency itself looking for networking opportunities with Japanese marketing and consulting companies.
Foodex Japan was the event that hosted the first large-scale presentation of Georgian wines in the country in 2014, the state body pointed out in its summary of the event.
Photo: National Wine Agency of Georgia
Japanese journalists have also been hosted in Georgia by the Agency in projects for introducing them to the country’s winemaking culture and produce.
Georgian companies exported 231,000 litres of Georgian wine to Japan last year, marking a 68 percent year-on-year increase in the figure.
An international wine competition judged exclusively by Japanese female wine specialists awarded prizes to seven Georgian wines this week.
Japan and South Korea will be the next export markets for Georgian wine, Georgian Agricultural Minister Levan Davitashvili announced today.
Import procedures for Georgian wines to Japan will be simplified, announces the Georgian National Wine Agency.
A group of Japanese wine importers lead by master of wine Kenichi Ohashi has visited Georgia for a week to learn about the country’s wine and introduce it to Japanese consumers.
At the international exhibition of wine and alcoholic beverages Vinexpo New York in the United States, 26 Georgian wine companies showcased their products, with the financial and organisational support of the National Wine Agency, the Agency said on Saturday.
The ongoing Qatar International Food Festival on Sunday hosted a Georgian Culinary Day to highlight the country’s cuisine and tourist potential.
Georgia will lead international wine industry experts in discussions relating to global wine trade issues over the next 12 months as part of the country’s newly assumed status as the Chair of the World Wine Trade Group, the National Wine Agency said on Thursday.
Relations between Georgia and Japan in various fields were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, and Hideki Ishizuka, the newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to the country.
The travelling exhibition Ningyō - Art and Beauty of Japanese dolls, representing Japanese cultural tradition, opened on Friday at the Sighnaghi Museum of History and Ethnography in Georgia’s eastern town, the Culture Ministry said.