We cordially welcome you to join us on September 7 in Telavi, in the courtyard of King Erekle’s palace, as we celebrate the new grape harvest, known as “Stvely”.
– Best Georgian wine samples will be on display and for sale
– grapes will be crushed in a traditional press
– 18th-century Kartl-Kakheti traditions will be presented, along with the etiquette of King Erekle’s royal family
– Kakheti-specific culinary corner will feature traditional dishes on display and for sale
– symbolic blend known as “King Erekle’s wine” will be created at the festival once tasters have chosen the best Rkatsiteli, Kakhur green, Kisi, and Khikhivi;
– 12:00 .: The National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia “Sakpatenti” will offer Kakhuri wines, which are manufactured from Georgian grapes and are named after their historical places of origin;
– 13:00 – “King Erekle and Kakheti” musical-literary piece will be performed.
– 14:00 .: Yitzhak Shalev, the festival’s special guest and best winemaker in Israel in 2019, will lead a master class and wine tasting. During the lesson, wines that Shalev has produced in Israel over the past four years will be tasted.
– 16:00 .: Giorgi Kalandia, director of the Palace of Arts, Museum of Cultural History, will present a cultural-theatrical presentation titled “King Erekle, Kakheti, and Georgian wine,” which will be supplemented by historical materials.
– 17:00 .: The best mix of “King Erekle Wine” is created, and the victors are given gold, silver, and bronze medals along with the matching certificates.
– Giorgi Kalandia, the director of the Museum of Cultural History at the Palace of Arts, wrote and presented the script for the historical-cultural program;
– Participants: People’s Artist of Georgia Vano Yantbelidze, singer Anri Jokhadze, folk ensembles “Tsinandali” and “Chakrulo”, Georgian martial art “Horolli”, STU theater-studio “Come and see”.
– The competition jury’s members are: Marco Norsi, a musician and wine connoisseur from New York, USA; Tom Williams, a professional food and wine writer from London, UK; Yitzhak Shalev, an Israeli winemaker; Ross Kloss, the producer of the television program “World Wine Battles” from New Zealand;
The supporters of the celebration of the new harvest of grapes “Stvely” are:
Ministry of Culture and Sports of Georgia
National Wine Agency
National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia “Sakpatenti”
National Tourism Administration
Art Palace of Georgia
Administration of the State Trustee in Kakheti region
City Hall of Telavi Municipality
News supporter TV “Imedi”
