Vintage Is In Active Phase In Kakheti
According to the data of September 11, up to 42 thousand tons of grapes have been processed in Kakheti , including about 27 thousand tons of Saperavi, 9 thousand tons of Rkatsiteli, 900 tons of Kakhuri Mtsvane, and the rest different grapes. For comparison: According to the data of September 11 last year, 22,5 thousand tons of grapes were processed.
Vineyards' income exceeded 70 million GEL.
4200 viticulturist have already delivered grapes to wine companies.
The greatest amount of grapes have been processed in Gurjaani - 11,5 thousand tons, followed by Kvareli - 11 thousand tons, Telavi - 8 thousand tons, Sighnaghi - 4,7 thousand tons, Dedoplistskaro - 3,2 t., Akhmeta - 2 thousand and Lagodekhi – up to 800 tons.
Over 5,000 tons of grapes are being processed by enterprises in twenty-four hour, which means that the vintage is in active phase in Kakheti.
By September 10, totally over 60 companies were involved in vintage process from almost all municipalities in Kakheti.
Several factories that have been involved in the vintage process from the beginning have overstock and stopped working for now, which is the usual event during vintage. Nevertheless, grapes delivery has not hindered, as new factories are involved in the process of vintage. wine enterprises continue grape delivery in usual regime in all Kakheti regions.
Despite the high rate of grape processing, the viticulturists had to wait in the queue only a few hours, which is quit usual for active vintage. All the viticulturists had delivered their grapes.
At this pint, over 180 companies are registered, which will be involved in grape processing. The grapes have already been processed by 102 wine companies.