Georgian wine in the news
February 2020: Georgian wine in the news The trade press are writing about Georgian Wine sales success in the UK, with articles in Drinks Business and Harpers detailing both sales…
As the UK market for Georgian wine grows by 60%, National Wine Agency launches 2020 promotional campaign
New Wines of Georgia Campaign for 2020 The National Wine Agency of Georgia has launched a 2020 campaign to support the promotion of Georgian wines in the UK market. This…
Wines of Georgia UK Trade and Press Tasting – POSTPONED
Important Note, as at 16th March 2020: Following the latest advice on public gatherings and the Corona Virus, this event is postponed until later in the year. We will confirm…
Even more Georgia! Opportunities to taste and buy Georgian wine as new importers come on-board
In London this week Georgian wine is featured in two importer portfolio tastings this week and a consumer tasting. Leading London on-trade supplier, Berkmann, is showing their new range of…
Drink Saperavi this Christmas
Is there a red grape more suited to Christmas feasting than Saperavi? This versatile grape can be used to make dry, semi-sweet, full-on sweet, and fortified wines. If you wanted, you…
A British Qvevri Project: Plumpton students visit Georgia
A little bit of Georgia in Sussex (part 2), by Chris Foss The British Georgian Chamber of Commerce and the Georgian National Wine Agency invited a group of Plumpton…
Interview: Steve Daniel, Head of Buying for Hallgarten
Hallgarten & Novum Wines is one of the UK’s leading specialist wine merchants, named European Merchant of the Year in 2019 and 2018, and New World Merchant of the Year 2017…
A British Qvevri Project: qvevri winemaking at Plumpton
In a quiet corner of Sussex, two cultures have collided. The renowned Plumpton College is playing host to a British first – a cellar or marani of UK-made qvevri wines. Qvevri…
Rkatsiteli: Georgia’s workhorse grape
Saperavi may be grabbing all the headlines as Georgian wine makes inroads to the UK market. But there’s a white grape we think you need to know about. Rkatsiteli (kat-se-telly)…
Is that a wolf in the vines?
Caucasian Shepherd dogs guarding Georgia’s wineries make a trip to wine country unlike any other. At the peak of the Gombori mountain pass, travelers find a little hut shrouded in…