The grape harvest in Kakheti is in an active phase, the grape collection is underway in almost all municipalities of the Kakheti region.
Around 13,000 winegrowers have delivered grapes to wine enterprises.
Out of the grapes processed by wine enterprises, about 78 ,000 tons are Rkatsiteli, about 74,000 tons are Saperavi, and the rest are various other grape varieties.
A total of 550 wine companies/wineries are registered with the Harvest Coordination Headquarters, which will be involved in the grape receiving and processing process; of these, 330 have already participated in different stages of the harvest.
This year, the Kakheti region expects a harvest of 200,000–250,000 tons of grapes.
It is noteworthy that, according to the decision of the Government of Georgia, this year the surplus grapes are being purchased by the state-owned enterprise Harvest Management Company LLC at differentiated prices depending on quality: Saperavi grapes harvested in the Kakheti region – at 1.50 GEL, other wine grape varieties permitted by the Law of Georgia “On Vine and Wine” – at 1.20 GEL, and non-standard/damaged or diseased grapes – at 1.00 GEL. In the Kakheti region, wine companies will no longer receive subsidies.
