Export figures reveal the Georgian wine class maintains momentum within the U.S. market
New York, December 14, 2022 – Georgian wine exports to the U.S. have elevated by 7.18% from 2021 to 2022, in keeping with Wines of Georgia, the group that represents and promotes the wines and wineries of the nation of Georgia, and the Nationwide Wine Company of Georgia, the authorized entity of the Ministry of Environmental Safety and Agriculture of Georgia that funds the U.S. program. Export information reveals that Georgian wine exports to the U.S. have risen from 881,470 bottles in 2021 to 944,766 bottles in 2022, as recorded over a 10-month interval.
The sustained development of Georgian wine exports to the U.S. displays the Georgian Nationwide Wine Company’s prioritizing the U.S. as a key export market, and aim to attain wider consciousness of Georgian wine amongst American wine drinkers. Tamar Metreveli, Head of Advertising and marketing & PR on the Georgian Nationwide Wine Company, says, “We’re excited to witness the continued rise in Georgian wine exports to the U.S. With an viewers of customers who search a various vary of wine from various areas that provide totally different grape varieties and kinds, the U.S. is a profitable marketplace for Georgian wine, and we’re happy to see our relationship with this viewers strengthen additional this yr.”
There are greater than 500 grape varieties indigenous to the nation of Georgia. In 2022 the crimson grape, Saperavi, remained the main selection with harvest yields rising 10% to 89,655 tonnes from 81,552 tonnes yielded in 2021. The white grape selection, Rkatsiteli, persevered because the second most outstanding selection harvested in 2022, because it was in 2021, with little adjustments from 139,707 tonnes picked in 2021 to 139,906 tonnes in 2022. Kakhuri Mtsvane and Kisi, two different white grape varieties, had been the third and fourth highest yields of the 2022 harvest season, yielding 5,817 tonnes (up 16% from 2021’s 5,031 tonnes) and a pair of,463 tonnes (a rise of 43% from the 1,718 tonnes harvested in 2021), respectively.
“The main target of the Wines of Georgia marketing campaign is to have interaction key media, commerce, and influencers in america with Georgian wine and our nation’s wealthy winemaking historical past and tradition,” mentioned Levan Mekhuzla, Chairman of the Georgian Nationwide Wine Company. “With 8,000 vintages of winemaking custom marked by distinctive qvevri winemaking approach and use of distinctive native varietals, Georgian wine continues to show glorious development potential within the U.S.”
Extra About Wines of Georgia
The nation of Georgia, situated on the japanese shores of the Black Sea, the place Europe meets the Center East and Asia, has lengthy been widely known because the birthplace of wine for generations. In 2015, archaeologists uncovered historic qvevri vessels within the area that contained cultivated grape residue relationship again to 6000 BCE, solidifying the assumption that Georgians have been making wine for over 8,000 years. These findings additional bolstered Georgia’s conventional winemaking legacy beforehand acknowledged by the United Nations when the group added qvevri to the UNESCO Consultant Checklist of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2013. In 2021, qvevri was the primary non-food product to be granted the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) designation in Georgia.
Although the small nation spans solely 27,000 sq. miles, Georgia has an excellent local weather and topography for winegrowing, with over one-third of its land coated by mountains, three main rivers (the Alazani, Iori, and Rioni) and tons of of tributaries, and a wide range of biomes. Residence to over 500 native grape varieties, Georgia’s vineyards complete practically 55,000 hectares (practically 136,000 acres) of land. As of 2020, there are 25 outlined Protected Designation of Origin (PDOs), with wine produced utilizing each conventional Georgian strategies in addition to European varieties and winemaking strategies.
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About Wines of Georgia
Wines of Georgia is a promotional marketing campaign financed by the Nationwide Wine Company of Georgia and wineries to teach the US wine commerce and common public concerning the historical past, tradition, high quality and common attraction of Georgian wines and the nation’s qvevri winemaking custom.
