Georgian Wine - National Wine Agency

1570 tons of Aleksandrouli and Mujuretuli grapes were processed in Ambrolauri municipality.
About 1,300 winegrowers handed over grapes to wine enterprises; The received income reached 11 million GEL.
In the current year, the main part of the grape harvest in Racha was processed by the private sector. More than 60 private companies were registered in the vintage coordination HQ.
To actively engage and stimulate private enterprises in the vintage process, the subsidy program was implemented in the Racha region by the Government of Georgia. All those companies that bought and processed at least 3 tons of Aleksandrouli and Mujuretuli grapes grown in the micro-zone of Khvanchkara and paid the grower at least 7 GEL will receive the subsidy. The companies will receive 4 GEL per 1 kg of Aleksandrouli and 1 kg of Mujuretuli as a state subsidy.
To protect the PDO and ensure the quality of the "Khvanchkari" wine of local origin, ampelographers monitored the grapes to be handed over at all grape receiving points.
During the vintage process, more than 30 grape receiving points were opened at different locations in the Ambrolauri municipality, which allowed the population to collect the harvest without interruption.
To organize harvest 2022, the vintage coordination HQ was operating in the city of Ambolauri.
After Racha, the vintage will move to Lechkhumi, namely Tsageri municipality.
It is worth noting that this year the local PDO "Okureshi Usakhelouri" was added to the Lechkhumi region, the micro-zone is in the Racha-Lechkhumi region, in the administrative municipality of Tsageri. “Okureshi Usakhelouri” wine can be made only from the Usakhelouri grape variety grown in the micro-zone. "Okureshi Usakhelouri" is a red wine, which, depending on the sugar content, can be of three different categories: dry, naturally semi-dry, or naturally semi-sweet.