Shardeni Hosts Georgian Wine Festival 2018

Tbilisi’s Shardeni Street hosted the 2018 Georgian Wine Festival, which featured various wines presented by around 50 Georgian companies and cellars.

The event took place on October 13 and was opened by the Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture, Levan Davitashvili.

"Various celebrations and events are traditionally held in Georgia during the Wine Month. This Wine Festival is just one of them,” he stated. “Many people are interested in Georgian wine which is why the celebrations will be extended to last several weeks this year in Tbilisi and throughout Georgia.”

“This is a celebration of a successful harvest which brought a good income to farmers this year. The promotion of Georgian wine is very important for our country and we are continuously recognizing this through various events,” he added.

The organizers of the Wine Festival are the online shop and media portal allwine.ge and Maidan Group.

In parallel with various kinds of wine, visitors were able to buy Georgian sweet churchkhela, honey, dried fruit, cheese and Georgian accessories.

“We chose Shardeni Street as the festival spot for this year’s event. In total, about 50 companies participated, making it three times larger and much more diverse than in 2017,” said festival organizer Anano Tkhelidze, adding that the plan is to scale it up even further next year.

The festival was a very important event for the representatives of wine companies and cellars for the promotion of their production.

“I want to thank the Maidan Group and allwine.ge for organizing this festival, as we were given the opportunity to provide information about our wine to potential consumers,” said Miranda Maisuradze, manager of the Dzveli Marani wine company.

Georgian folk ensembles, foreign musical groups, actors of the motion theater, drummers and stilt men also participated in the festival. The event was concluded with the concert of the Georgian band Metekhi and a fireworks show.

By Thea Morrison

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