Georgian office
We're starting winemarkets with Georgia, and we have a Georgian-speaking contact for companies who prefer to communicate in Georgian.
Talk to us in Georgian
Reach our Georgian-speaking contact through our public contact in the footer, and we'll arrange it.
The documented equipment supply gap
Our market map documents Georgia's winery-equipment supply side as thin: two named local equipment dealers cover barrels, oak alternatives and bottling-line consumables; no confirmed local representative for major international equipment brands (harvesting/pressing, filtration, bottling lines); no named filtration specialist, contract bottling service, or barrel producer operating locally. Wineries bottling under their own label are the documented core buyer for presses, barrels, filtration, bottling lines and glass bottles.
Georgia's wine export market, in brief
Exports
89.7 million litres exported to 71 countries in 2025 — down about 5% in volume and 3% in value year-on-year, the first fall in value after four years of growth (National Wine Agency).
Destination markets
The EU took about 13–14% of 2025 export volume; Poland is the largest EU destination by volume, with Germany also significant. The USA, Japan and the UK together are under 5% of volume but are documented as the highest-value directions per litre. Russia remains the largest single direction, though its share of export value has been declining as Russia raises its wine excise duty (National Wine Agency).
Harvest & varieties
Georgia's 2025 grape harvest reached 340,000 tonnes, a 30-year record, up from 320,000 tonnes in 2024. Rkatsiteli and Saperavi are the leading varieties by processing volume (National Wine Agency).
Growing region
Kakheti held about 73% of Georgia's vineyard area as of 2023, and Georgia had 30 registered protected designations of origin as of April 2025 (National Wine Agency).
Export rules, in brief
- Georgian law has banned the export of bulk, unbottled wine since 2017 — all legal Georgian wine exports leave the country in bottle.
- Every category of exported Georgian wine has required National Wine Agency (NWA) certification since 1 January 2018 — an accredited laboratory test, an organoleptic assessment, a conformity certificate, and advance shipment notice.
- The declarant of record for a Georgian wine export must be an entity established in Georgia; a foreign buyer cannot act as exporter by itself.
- The EU applies 0% customs duty on Georgian wine (tariff code CN 2204) since 2014 under the EU–Georgia free-trade agreement (DCFTA), conditional on an EUR.1 movement certificate or an origin declaration.
This is general public information, not customs or legal advice — for a specific shipment, confirm the exact procedure and any current fees with a customs agent or the National Wine Agency.