Georgian Wine - National Wine Agency

Quality

From June of this year, according to the new regulation, the inspection of certified export Georgian wine will be carried out by the international audit companies "SGS" and "Bureau Veritas" in the Customers Clearance Zone. The Chairman of the National Wine Agency, Levan Mekhuzla, informed the representatives of the wine companies about the results of one month of inspection. The meeting with the wine companies was attended by the Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia Otar Shamugia, representatives of the Georgian Wine Association and the Business Association.
Out of 62 samples taken as a result of 42 inspections, 6 samples were assessed as unsatisfactory; accordingly, exports were refused to those wines.
According to Otar Shamugia, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, in coordination with the National Wine Agency, is actively working to ensure that the quality of tens of millions of bottles of Georgian wine produced by wine companies meets the highest international standards. The Deputy Minister stressed that the involvement of the independent, authoritative international companies "SGS" and "Bureau Veritas" in the inspection process is especially important.
In parallel with the inspection in the Customers Clearance Zone, wine quality control is actively carried out in various directions. In the second quarter of 2021, the National Wine Agency conducted state supervision over 18 wine companies, which aims to determine the compliance of the wine technological process in the enterprises with the requirements set by the legislation of Georgia. 200 samples have been taken and research is underway. During the same period, the Agency inspected 19 companies; One of these companies was refused to export products. The inspection shall determine the compliance of the exported alcoholic beverage or spirit sample with the lot (batch of bottled wine) submitted for certification. For organoleptic testing of alcoholic beverages, 68 tastings were conducted; 3220 samples were received, of which 169 were evaluated negatively, 3051 - positively.