Tbilisi: The Georgian wines has achieved many international recombination. This becomes possibles due to proper quality checking measures adopted by wine agency of Georgia.
While sharing this information with media representative said, “The Georgian wine has gained worldwide popularity. This is great news for country. The wine agency of Georgia is working round the clock for making Georgian wine more popular which will result in economic boost for Georgia”.
It is worth to note that to increase the competitiveness of alcoholic beverages produced in Georgia, the relevant departments of the LEPL as well as the national wine agency regularly control the quality of Georgian wine and other alcoholic beverages meant for export.
In 2024, 28 state and 376 inspection controls were carried out to maintain high standard of Georgian wine. Moreover, within the framework of state control, which involves determining the compliance of the wine technological process in enterprises with the requirements specified in the Georgian legislation, violations were found in 34 samples from 6 companies out of 154 samples from 28 inspected companies.
It is worth to note that inspection controls were carried out in 83 companies out of 1,927 samples taken, violations were found in 37 samples from 16 companies. Out of 459 samples taken from 74 companies inspected by the agency’s contractor companies, Bureau Veritas LLC and SGS LLC, violations were found in 11 samples from 4 companies. The inspection process involves determining the compliance of the sample of alcoholic beverages submitted for certification with the lot.
Domestic market control was carried out on the products of 78 companies; out of 136 samples taken, violations were found in 73 samples. In addition, for the purpose of organoleptic testing of alcoholic beverages, the tasting commission of the national wine agency conducted 284 tastings.
Out of 13,006 samples received, 12,383 samples were evaluated positively, and 623 samples were evaluated negatively. As per the authorities in 2025, quality control will continue so that tens of millions of litres of Georgian wine meet international standards and demand for it increases even more.
