I am very proud to be organizer for the second time of this excellent Wine Challenge..🍷🍷🙏🙏 … “Imeretian Wine Challenge 2024”, Organized by DMO Imereti and Imeretian Wine Association, for the second time is being held in Imereti, Kutaisi, on October 4-6, 2024. The purpose of the competition is to support the development of wine tourism in Georgia, to raise the awareness of Imeretian grape varieties, Imeretian wine and the general nature of Imereti viticulture and winemaking region. The competition samples will be tasted by a jury consisting of Georgian and foreign experts. The company's anonymity will be protected during the wine tasting. Among the invited jury members are both foreign jury members and Georgian wine experts. The members of the jury are: Robert Joseph (Great Britain) - Author of Meninger-international wine business magazine, member of the jury of London Wine Challenge, Decanter, MUNDUS VINI and other international wine competitions and wine critic, organizer and founder of competitions, wine industry analyst and the creator of Branding; Thomas Brandl (Germany) - Wine expert, member of the jury of international competitions, promoter of wine countries of Southeast Europe and the Caucasus, ambassador of “Concours Mondial de Bruxelles” in Germany, Austria and throughout Southeast Europe; Davide Bartone (Italy) - Wine journalist and wine critic, the main editor of the online magazine winemag.it, correspondent of the international publication Wine-Searcher, wine importer and jury member of international wine competitions; Matthew Horkey (USA) - Wine journalist, writer, international blogger and jury member of many international wine competitions and wine traveler; Iryna Diachenkova (Ukraine) - Co-founder of Wine Travel Awards, Drinks+ and DRINKS+ magazine and jury member of international wine competitions; Vladimer Kublashvili (Georgia) - International Wine Jury and Chief Winemaker and Executive Director of Winery “Khareba; Tamar Imedadze (Georgia) - Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Tasting Commission and Jury Member of International Competitions; Saba Kitiashvili (Georgia) - Master of Winemaking / International Sommelier ASI Certification 1; Tinatin Jajanidze (Georgia) - Director of "Irma Chanturia Wine Laboratory" LLC, wine expert, taster of international competitions; Giorgi Samanishvili (Georgia) - Oenologist; Master of Wine Management, Economics and Law; Ketevan Jurkhadze (Georgia) - director of the Imeretian Wine Association and head of the competition, wine expert, member of the jury of international competitions, founder and winemaker of the wine school "Kabistoni" and winery "Kabis Toni". You can find out the terms of participation in the competition here: +995 599178735 – Keti Jurkhadze, Imeretian Wine Association Director. All information you can find : https://lnkd.in/dGQnuk9D
I'm thrilled to be in the judges panel! 🍷🥂
Great opportunity
Honoured, I can't wait to join you in Georgia! Just one clarification, I am not a wine-importer: I've selected around 120 foreign wines for an Italian wine importer
I am sooooo excited
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6moSounds like an amazing Wine Challenge! Enjoy it, all of my friends🥂