Georgian Qvevri in Canada
55 pieces of Qvevri have been sent from Georgia to Canada, which will be located in Vancouver. Winemaker Sandro Milorava helped the Canadian restaurant owner Pascal Roy to distribute Qvevris from Georgia. The Qvevris are made in western Georgia and are currently on the way. According to Milorava, Qvevris will arrive in Canada until the end of June. The capacity of qvevri is 50 to 1000 liters.The Qvevris were made in Chiatura Municipality by Qvevri-maker Imeda Gogoladze.
Pascal Roy plans to make the local grape wine initially, but as Milorava says, he is going to plant Rkatsiteli in the future.
Pascal Roy visited Georgia in autumn last year. He was hosted by wine company "Marani Milorauli" in Kakheti, where Canadian guest participated in vintage process.
Georgian traditional method of Qvevri wine-making won a place on a list of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) "intangible cultural heritage of humanity" in 2013, that indicates the uniqueness of this method and is a message to the world, that wine is a part of ancient Georgian culture.
Currently, Qvevri wine is already being made by individual winemakers in Italy, USA, France, Spain, Japan, Slovenia and Slovakia.