作者： 发布时间：2018-08-10 关注度：96

Japanese winemakers visited Georgia who experienced Georgian wine and wine culture in Kakheti and Kartli.  Nishikawa Megumi, the journalist of the major Japanese publication  “Mainichi Shimbun”, who is preparing anarticle about Georgian wine culture was also in the group.

近日，日本酿酒师访问了格鲁吉亚，在卡赫基（Kakheti）和卡尔特里（Kartli）品尝了格鲁吉亚葡萄酒并亲身体验格鲁吉亚的葡萄酒文化。日本主流出版物“每日新闻”的记者西川惠美也参与了此次旅行，正在准备一篇关于格鲁吉亚葡萄酒文化的文章。

During their visit in Georgia, Japanese winemakers visited the following wine cellars and factories: "Alaverdi Monastery", "Orgo /Teleta", "Babaneuris  Marani", "Schuch mann Wines","Chateau Mukhrani", "Telavi Wine Cellar" and "Shumi Winery", where they learnt the Georgian wine-making technology and tasted the wines made of traditional and  classical methods . Also, they learnt Qvevri-making technology and process with Qvevri-maker Zaza Kbilashvili.

在访问格鲁吉亚期间，日本酿酒师参观了许多酒窖和酒厂：Alaverdi修道院，Orgo / Teleta，Babaneuris Marani，Schuch mann酒厂，穆库堡，Telavi酒窖和Shumi酒厂，他们在那里学习了格鲁吉亚的酿酒技术，品尝了传统和经典方法制作的葡萄酒。此外，他们还与Qvevr陶罐i制造商Zaza Kbilashvili一起学习了Qvevri陶罐制造技术和工艺。

The guests also visited the Georgian National Museum, where they saw exhibits  related to the 8-thousand year history of Georgian wine. They visited scientific research center of agriculture in Jigurauri, where they got acquainted with the Georgian grape varieties.

客人们还参观了格鲁吉亚国家博物馆，在那里他们看到了见证格鲁吉亚葡萄酒8000年历史的文物。在位于Jigurauri的农业科学研究中心，他们熟悉了解了格鲁吉亚的葡萄品种。

Japanese winemakers were specially interested in learning Qvevri wine-making technology. In turn, Georgian winemakers were invited to Japan, where some Japanese winemakers produce  wine in Georgian Qvevri.

日本酿酒师对Qvevri陶罐葡萄酒酿造技术特别感兴趣，并且邀请格鲁吉亚的酿酒师到日本。在日本也一些酿酒师使用格鲁吉亚的Qvevri陶罐生产葡萄酒。

The guests were also interested in the ongoing  research on  one of the most common grape varieties in Japan, Koshu's Georgian origin. In particular, within the framework of the project "Georgian Vine and Wine Culture Research", the National Wine Agency has sent vine samples of"Koshu"  to the laboratory of the  French National Institute For Agriculture  (INRA Montpellier)  for  DNA analyze in order to study  and verify its origin scientifically.

嘉宾们也对正在进行的日本最常见的葡萄品种之一Koshu的格鲁吉亚起源的研究感兴趣。特别是，在“格鲁吉亚葡萄与葡萄酒文化研究”项目的框架内，国家葡萄酒局将“Koshu”葡萄样品送到法国国家农业研究所（INRA蒙彼利埃）实验室进行DNA分析，以便科学地研究和验证其起源。

The tour of Japanese winemakers and journalists in Georgia was organized by the National Wine Agency and the association "Georgian Wine".

此次日本酿酒师和记者之旅由国家葡萄酒局和“格鲁吉亚葡萄酒”协会组织。

In recent years, Japan has emerged as one of the promising markets for Georgian wine exports, where the Wine National Agency has been conducting active marketing activities for several years to increase awareness of Georgian wine.As a result, the number of exported wine has increased - according to data of 7 months of 2018, Georgia exported about 167 thousand bottles of wine (increase 124%) in Japan.

近年来，日本已成为格鲁吉亚葡萄酒出口的有前景的市场之一。国家葡萄酒机构多年来一直在积极开展营销活动，以提高消费者对格鲁吉亚葡萄酒的认识。因此，出口葡萄酒的数量有所增加 - 根据2018年前7个月的数据，格鲁吉亚对日本出口了约16.7万瓶葡萄酒（增幅124％）。