According to the National Wine Agency of Georgia, the average price of Georgian wine in 2019 was € 3.12. With this figure, Georgia is in the top five wine-producing countries.
In 2012, 23 million wine bottles were exported from Georgia, which amounted to $ 75 million; In 2019, 94 million wine bottles were exported with the value equal to $ 237 million. A total of $ 1.2 billion worth of wine got sold in 2013-19.
At the same time, in 2012, 52 thousand tons of grapes were processed in Georgia. By 2019, this figure increased six times and amounted to 272 thousand tons. Rkatsiteli became 70 tetri and Saperavi GEL 1.83. This year, according to the data of September GEL 16, 50 million has already been issued to farmers.
The list of Georgian wine exporting countries has also increased. In 2012, the wine was sold in 40 countries, and today this figure is 54.
Six hundred twenty-five unique Georgian and European varieties have survived and preserved in the Jigaura farm funded by the Georgian Foundation. The farm was a gift from Cartu to the state. It is now on the balance of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development.
