On August 15, 2011 was held the meeting of the Georgian Government. The agenda included 49 items.
Before starting of sittings prime-minister of Georgia Nika Gilauri asked Minister of Agriculture Bakur Kvezereli to give information regarding preparations for vintage period.
Nika Gilauri: "I want to greet you. Vintage period will start in several weeks. Ministry of Agriculture has met wine-makers and entrepreneurs. We will have a very good harvest this year. I want to ask Bakur to tell us about preparations for this period, what is done, what kind of harvest are we expecting and how the sector is ready for it"
Bakur Kvezereli: "I want to say that I had several meetings with representatives of this sector. I had meetings with wine-growers, grape processing enterprises and wine-makers. We have calculated anticipated amount of grape that will be processed in these enterprises.
27 companies will work. They will operate at 32 sites. Grape will be accepted at 32 sites. Based on statements made by enterprises we can say that there will not be any significant problems despite a great amount of harvest. Our aim is to accept and process harvest quickly and in an organized manner.
As you know finances are allocated for supporting winegrowers. Peasants will get allocations in the form of vouchers.
We will accept and process whole harvest with assistance of state companies".
Nika Gilauri "Process will start on the 25th of August and will last for 7-8 weeks. Ministry of Agriculture must be maximally mobilized. This vintage must be as successful as it was during the previous years."
Prime Minister Press-Service