作者： 发布时间：2016-10-24 关注度：194

A ten-member group of US wine experts led by international wine master Lisa Granik visited Georgian wine companies and small wineries in the Kartli and Kakheti regions. [Experts group included Kyle Eberle, Giancarlo Luiggi, Carolyn Beaty, Aaron Zebrook, Amber Rill, Tristan Prat-Vincent, Bruno Almeida, Isabella Fitzgerald, Barbara Haimes - HN]

国际葡萄酒大师丽莎·格拉尼克 (Lisa Granik) 带领的美国葡萄酒专家团一行十人到访格鲁吉亚，他们先后拜访了卡尔特里和卡赫基地区的葡萄酒公司和小型酒庄。专家组成员包括Kyle Eberle、Giancarlo Luiggi、Carolyn Beaty、Aaron Zebrook、Amber Rill、Tristan Prat-Vincent、Bruno Almeida、Isabella Fitzgerald、Barbara Haimes（名誉专家）。

According to Granik, who is the head of Georgia’s contractor company TastingWorks, the quality of Georgian wine is increasing by the year. She noted that the quality of many commercial and non-commercial wines has reached international standards.

作为格鲁吉亚签约公司TastingWorks的总裁，格拉尼克介绍说格鲁吉亚精品葡萄酒的市场需求逐年增长。她还注意到很多商业和非商业性葡萄酒的品质已经达到国际水准。

“The quality and desire to produce very high-quality wine at a world-standard level is increasing in Georgia,” she noted, adding that such tours as this latest aim to increase awareness of Georgian wine in the US and help to introduce traditional Georgian wine-making methods to foreign professionals.

“注重品质、酿造世界顶级葡萄酒的理念正逐渐被格鲁吉亚业内所接受。”她如此评价道，并且接着补充说，眼下此类访问不仅能够提升格鲁吉亚葡萄酒在美国的影响力，而且还有助于将格鲁吉亚传统酿酒技艺推荐给外国的专业人士。

“This will eventually contribute to the growth of export of Georgian wine, and wine tourism in Georgia,'' she said.

“最终这将有助于格鲁吉亚葡萄酒的出口增长，进而推动格鲁吉亚葡萄酒旅游的发展。”她说。

The Head of the National Wine Agency, Giorgi Samanishvili, noted that the presentation of Georgian wine to American wine professionals is much needed, as the US is one of the increasingly important export markets for Georgian wine.

国家葡萄酒局局长乔治·萨玛尼什维利 (Giorgi Samanishvili) 表示，美国作为格鲁吉亚葡萄酒日益增长的重要出口市场，向美国葡萄酒专业人士推荐格鲁吉亚葡萄酒是非常必要的。

He went on to say that Georgian wine is not well-known on the US market yet but that he hopes, as a result of such visits and collaboration with American experts, Georgian wine will become better-known there.

他进而指出格鲁吉亚葡萄酒在美国市场并不出名，不过他希望通过此类访问以及与美国专家的合作，能够进一步提升格鲁吉亚葡萄酒的知名度。

“Experts tasting wines on location is quite different from reading about it elsewhere,” Samanishvili said.

萨玛尼什维利局长表示“专家深入实地品鉴与单纯阅读杂志的效果截然不同。”

He also highlighted the first International Wine Tourism Conference organized by the UN World Tourism Organization (the UNWTO) and noted that this event not only served to promote tourism and Georgian wine but increased the overall awareness of the country.

他还着重介绍了由联合国世界旅游组织 (UNWTO) 主办的第一届国际葡萄酒旅游大会，这次大会不仅能够推动旅游业和格鲁吉亚葡萄酒的发展，而且还能够提升整个国家的影响力。

“It is very important that the first global wine conference was held in Georgia because wine tourism should start in the homeland of wine,” he said.

他强调“第一届全球葡萄酒大会安排在格鲁吉亚举办具有非凡的意义，因为葡萄酒旅游的第一站应该从葡萄酒的发源地开始。”

The first International Wine Tourism Conference was held in Georgia on September 7-9 with the participation of 250 delegates from 42 countries and more than 150 organizations.

第一届国际葡萄酒旅游大会于9月7日至9日在格鲁吉亚召开，大会吸引了来自42个国家150多家机构的250名代表参加。

According to the Georgian Wine Agency, the data of the last 9 months shows that 191 thousand bottles (0,75l) of wine have been exported from Georgia to the USA, a result 10 percent higher than last year.

格鲁吉亚葡萄酒局统计数据表明，前9个月格鲁吉亚葡萄酒（750毫升装）出口美国市场达191000瓶，同比增长10%。