Please be kindly reminded that the wine companies and estate vintners have already checked in for the wine festival. The candidates were given the timeframe of February 21 through April 5 for registration.
We are excited at the level of interest the wine companies and small estate vintners have shown this year. Out of the 200 participants, 81 are medium and large wine companies, 236 are small estate vintners, and 6 are various businesses: wine accessories, wine vessels, equipment, publishing house, financial services and small entrepreneurs.
Estate vintners are still going through the selection phase - wine tasting. The total of 236 estate vintners have submitted 422 sorts of wine from various parts of Georgia. The Wine Tasting Committee appointed by the Wine Club, consisting of wine professionals and experts, conducts wine tasting sessions at the G.Vino Wine Bar, the partner of the Wine Festival. The Committee uses the following appraisal system: appearance 0-2 points, aroma 0-4 points and flavor 0-4 points. The candidate receiving top points in all categories gets the total of 10 points. The results of the wine tasting will be finalized by the end of April and will be published on our webpage.
The fans of the Georgian wine will be welcome at the Mtatsminda Park on Saturday, May 12, 2018. Large wine companies along with medium and small wineries and family wine cellars will be happy to offer their new harvest (2017) wines to the visitors from 11:00 to 6:00.
Diversity and discovery of new tastes is one of the perks of the New Wine Festival. Added to that is the pleasure of meeting the wine producers in person to find out more about the wine of one’s choice.
New Wine Festival 2018 is pleased to welcome the participants:
Agricultural University of Georgia
Alapiani’s Marani
Alexander Distillery
Akhmeta Wine House
Ancestral Wine Cellar
Apogios
Artana Wines
Artizani
Askaneli
Batono
Babaneuris Marani
Burjanadze-Shanidze Winery Kvibari
Calamus Wines
Chateau Khashmi
Chona's Marani
Color Pack
Davit Mikhelidze Winery
Darsa
Doremi
Enogroup
Etno
Georgian Wines
Georgian Wine House
G.Wine
Gotsa's Wine
Guda Winery
Guram Beruashvili Winery
Imeretian Wine House
Jakeli Wines
Kai
Kakhuri
Kindzmarauli Corporation
Khashmi Family Winery
Koncho&Co
LAPATI WINES
Leksos Marani
LEPL Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture (SRCA)
Loladze Family winery
Lomtadze Marani Velistsikhe
Marani Sanavardo
Managadze Wine Company
Martali Gvino
Misho Papa
Naberauli
Nikipore
Nika Vacheishvili Winery
Naotrebi
Niamori
Nodar Baghashvili
Ori Marani
Papari Valley
Pheasant's Tears
Shavgulidze's Shavkapito
Samtavisi Marani
Satsnakheli
Shate
Sun Wine
Sesiashvili
Shalvino
Tabla Nova
Tbilvino
Teliani Valley
Temi
Toginidze's Wine
Tifliski Vinni Pogreb
The Best Vineyards of Gavazi
The Spirit of Georgia
Vakhtang Beruashvili Family Winery
Vartsikhe Marani
Vaziani Company
Vino Martville
Kostarov Family Winery
Winery Khareba
Wine Company Shumi
Wine Thieves
Winery Casreli
Your Wine
Zekari
Zurab Topuridze Winery
Other participant companies:
BDO
Saperico
Publishing House Autograph
Vinorob
Khurjini
Keiko&Maika
Handamde art:
Fotia
Irendesign
Artmani
Georgian Tablecloth by Nikoloz Nutsubidze
Xati.Z. Accessories
Lia Sakhiashvili, Handmade art
Iveri Handmade Jewelry
MB Enamel
Traditional Fashion House
Mz Ceramics
Gakhseni
Having become people’s favorite fiesta over the recent years, the New Wine Festival strives to promote the Georgian wine, improve wine education and enhance consumption culture in Georgia. Since 2010, the significance of the festival has increased, with new family wineries and wine companies emerging in the market to offer their harvest. The festival held in 2017 brought together over 200 participants, including small, medium and large wineries, associations and state agencies.
It is not only wine producers that look forward to the festival every year. Both Georgian and foreign wine professionals, wine writers, wine bars and restaurants, wine enthusiasts make arrangements for this pleasant meetup. So do the world’s famous wine masters, sommeliers, importers and wine writers, who make sure the second Saturday of May is well saved on their calendars.
The New Wine Festival 2018 will open with the traditional ceremony of qvevri opening, accompanied by the Georgian folk song Mravaljamieri. Traditionally, the qvevri will be full of the best wine from a family winery, carefully selected by the Wine Club.
The Festival is open for all visitors. It offers a full entertainment program, including quality music by Nali Band, Didgori folk group, the Rezo Kiknadze Jazz Band and Khoni Brass Band. The agenda has a lot of fun things to do. Visitors have a chance to win barrels filled with the best wine in the lottery. The potter conducts a pottery masterclass.
The Georgian Wine Club will host its ninth New Wine Festival on May 12, 2018. The event continues partnership with the National Wine Agency and Tbilisi City Hall. The information support is provided by Marani web portal (vinoge.com), Wine Information Center, RadioJakoFm, Radio Utsnobi. Other partners of the event are the Mtatsminda Park and the National Library of the Parliament of Georgia, wine bar g.vino.
© Georgian Wine Club, National Wine Agency.