On May 12th, 2018, The Georgian Wine Club will host its ninth New Wine Festival. Having become a people’s favorite, the festival strikes to promote Georgian wine, enhance consumption culture in Georgia and improve wine education. Last year’s edition brought over 200 participants which included small, medium and large wineries, associations and state agencies. Its not just producers who eagerly anticipate the yearly event: local and foreign wine professionals, wine bars and restaurants, wine connoisseurs and enthusiasts, together with internationally-renowned wine masters and sommeliers keep the second Saturday of May marked in their calendars.
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.
Everyone is welcome to Mtatsminda Park on Saturday May 12th between the hours of 11:00-18:00 to enjoy the splendors of the Cradle of Wine.
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 guests. Among other enjoyable things, there will be good music, fun agenda, and a lottery giving the opportunity to win barrels filled with the best wine.
The event sees a continued partnership with the National Wine Agency and Tbilisi City Hall, with information support being provided by Marani web portal, Wine Information Center and Radio Utsnobi. Other partners of the festival include Mtatsminda Park and the National Library of the Parliament of Georgia.