Minister of Agriculture of France Visited Exhibition Dedicated to Georgian Wine
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of France Stefan Traver visited exhibition dedicated to Georgian wine in Bordeaux wine civilization center. The Minister examined the exhibits presented in the center and as he stated, he was delighted with the exhibition.
Stefan Traver was hosted by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of France Ekaterine Siradze-Delon and representatives of the National Wine Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture. They invited the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of France to Georgia. Stefan Traver noted that it was a discovery for him hat Georgia is a homeland of winemaking and will definitely visit Georgia.
On July 31, exhibition “Georgia – Cradle of Wine” opened in the Wine Civilization Center "Cité des Civilisations Du Vin" in France, Bordeaux and will last for 4 months.
Over 5 thousand guests have already visited the exhibition.
Georgia is the first invited country, which has opened a cycle of viticulture and winemaking exhibitions at the Wine Civilization Center and will be the honorable host of the Wine Civilization Museum for several months.
Unique archeological and ethnographic patterns from Georgian National Museum are represented at the exhibition in Wine Civilization Center of Bordeaux, these patterns prove that Georgia is undoubtedly the oldest wine civilization country. Various events will be held regularly during 4 months in the exhibition space: scientific conferences, presentations, professional tasting of wine, which will be hosted by world-recognized wine experts.
Bordeaux is considered as the leading cultural and tourism center of Europe and the capital of world wine, which hosts over 6 million tourists each year. Cité des Civilisations Du Vin is situated on 14 thousand sq. M. and introduces wine civilization history and modernity to the visitors via ultramodern technologies.