Wine Professionals from The UK Are Exploring Georgian Wine
UK master of wine, Sarah Abbott visited Georgia with a group of journalists interested in Georgian wines.
During the wine tour, the UK professionals are exploring wine cellars and companies in Kakheti region. They had the opportunity to taste wines of the following companies: “Telavi Wine Cellar”, GWS, “Mukado Wines”, “Alaverdi Monastery Cellar”, “Vita Vinea”, “Papari Valley”, “Tchotiashvili Family Vineyards”, “Pheasant's Tears”.
Before her tour in Kakheti, Sarah Abbott met the representatives of Georgian wine companies in Tbilisi. She introduced pricing policy and labeling of wines and quality issues to them, that will promote Georgian wine development on this market.
According to the head of National Wine Agency, with consistent and effectual collaboration with Georgian wine producers, Georgian wine will gain progressive export tendency.
“A group of wine professionals from the UK is visiting Georgia. This visit is special, as the UK market is prominent for Georgian wine export. The entry and development on this market is a priority for Georgian wine. After the visit, the guests will write abut Georgian wine culture, that will further promote Georgian wine awareness growth in the UK”-stated Giorgi Samanishvili.
National Wine Agency has chosen local marketing company headed by master of wine Sarah Abbott - “Swirl Wine Group” for Georgian wine popularization in the UK.
“We've had a really fantastic and exiting visit, we wanted to show our party every aspect of Georgian wine, the development, existing and potential. So we have seen producers working with tiny vineyards and Qveveri, we have seen producers who are creating much bigger business plans for being able to produce world class and international Georgian wine brands, we've seen established producers and new, young upcoming producers, and all of these is of great interest to this party and to the whole of the UK market. I wanted to show a real diversity and breath the energy of Georgian wine, which I think is one of the most exiting wine origins in the world”-stated Sarah Abbott.
The group of wine professsionals is composed of the followinh wine writers: Miles Willis, Martin Lam, David Williams, Emma Diggory, Kate Clarke, Madeleine Waters