Georgia’s wine export

Georgia’s wine export up 13% in January

By | February 9th, 2016|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia exported 13 percent more wine in January, compared to the same period last year. According to the National Wine Agency, Georgia exported wine to 19 countries around the world. 1,521,802 bottles were exported, worth USD 2.62 million. […]

Georgia’s export of wine down 39% in 2015

By | January 6th, 2016|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The export of Georgian wine went down by 39 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year. Georgia exported more than 36 million bottles (0.75l) of wine to 46 countries, worth more than USD 98.1 million, according to a report published […]

23 million bottles of wine exported so far in 2015

By | October 1st, 2015|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–By September 28, Georgia had exported 23.3 million bottles of wine so far in 2015. 3.5 million bottles were exported in September, according to the Agriculture Ministry; the highest monthly rate in 2015. The export of wine has tripled, compared […]

Russia weighing new ban on import of Georgian wine

By | August 5th, 2015|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian wine producers may be hit by another Russian embargo as the Kremlin draws up plans to retaliate against the extension of European sanctions. The Russian consumer safety bureau Rospotrebnadzor apparently is preparing […]

Drop in Georgian wine export explained by problems in Russia and Ukraine

By | August 4th, 2015|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s wine export in the first seven months fell by 46 percent, compared to last year, according to the National Wine Agency. The agency explains the drop as a result of ‘unstable political economic situation’ in two of the most important […]

Georgia’s wine export falls sharply

By | May 11th, 2015|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s wine export was reduced by 58 percent in the first four months of 2015, compared to the same period last year. The reason is less sales to Russia (-76 percent) and Ukraine (-57 percent). From January through April, Georgia exported wine […]

Georgia’s wine production grew 13% in 2013

By | November 17th, 2014|Categories: Economy|Tags: |

71% of the wine was produced by households in 2013. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia produced 12.6 percent more wine in 2013 than in 2012, according to the government’s international monitoring center. 71.2 percent of the 183,381 tons of wine produced in 2013 came from households, and 28.8 percent from companies. In 2012, […]

Georgian wine export up 69% Jan-Aug ’14

By | September 4th, 2014|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

Export of Georgian wine continues to increase. TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia increased its wine export by 69 percent in the first eight months of 2014, compared to last year. According to the the National Wine Agency, the country exported 36,585,769 bottles (0.75 liters) of wine in the period. The agency on Wednesday […]

Two thirds of Georgia’s growing wine export goes to Russia

By | July 3rd, 2014|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

From a wine festival in Sighnaghi in 2013. (Click on image to read about the festival.) (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia exported 26,872,145 bottles of wine in the first half of 2014. Out of the 34 different countries receiving the wine, two thirds of it went to Russia. In sheer volume, the almost 27 million bottles, each 0.75 liters, if put together […]

Georgia’s wine export is booming

By | June 4th, 2014|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: |

Wine export grew 147 percent in the first five months of 2014, compared to the year before. TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia increased its export of wine by 147 percent in the first five months of 2014, compared to last year. 22,779,153 bottles of wine was exported to 32 countries worldwide, which amounted to USD 73,795,849. Revenues from wine export in January […]

Are interruptions in Georgia’s wine export economic warfare?

By | March 31st, 2014|Categories: Economy, News|Tags: , |

Levan Davitashvili, head of Georgia’s National Wine Agency. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–There are interruptions in the export of wine from Georgia to Belarus, although formally the export is not stopped. The sale of wine to Ukraine and Russia is continuing without any restrictions, according to Levan Davitashvili, head […]