Georgian Wine - National Wine Agency

On October 10-12, within the framework of the "Wine Days" established by the initiative of the Prime Minister, Tbilisi will host an international scientific conference.
The conference " Scientific Project of Georgian Vine and Wine Culture Research - Results and News" is organized by the National Wine Agency of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and supported by the Government of Georgia.
The scientific conference was opened by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, Otar Shamugia.
"We are glad to host you in Georgia, and I am once again very proud to note that you, the leading scientists of international universities and institutes, are today the honored guests of the homeland of wine. We started the implementation of this project in 2014. The goal of the project was to collect new data to confirm Georgia's ancient wine culture. The results of the research regarding the domestication of vines and the beginning of wine production gave birth to a new reality. In 2017, the world scientific community recognized that the oldest traces of winemaking were found on the territory of Georgia, that the homeland of wine is Georgia. Today, within the framework of the conference, we want to summarize the results of the project and discuss the priorities of future research together with the researchers, experts and interested general public in the field of viticulture and winemaking", said Otar Shamugia.
22 scientists, researchers and experts from 11 countries of the world (Georgia, Italy, France, Spain, England, USA, Canada, Israel, Brazil, South Africa, Croatia) are attending the international scientific conference.
Scientists from Pennsylvania, Montpellier, Milan, Copenhagen, Toronto universities, Israeli Weisman Institute and Montpellier National Institute of Agrarian Research (INRA) are involved in the multidisciplinary scientific project of Georgian grape and wine culture research. The project studies the Georgian vine and wine through various scientific disciplines in order to explore its history, current state and present the potential for the future development of viticulture - winemaking.
As Patrick McGovern, a scientist and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, noted, the 8,000-year history of Georgian winemaking has already been confirmed by the research project on Georgian vine and wine culture. Excavations, research, and hopefully more confirmation of the technology of making wine in the pitcher will emerge.
The conference aims to summarize the results of the scientific researches carried out within the project and to discuss the priority directions of future researches.
The opening of the conference was attended by the Chairman of the National Wine Agency Levan Mekhuzla, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Nodar Papukashvili, the Chairman of the Sectoral Economy and Economic Policy Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, Davit Songhulashvili.