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A ten-member group of US wine experts led by international wine master Lisa Granik visited Georgian wine companies and small wineries in the Kartli and Kakheti regions. [Experts group included Kyle Eberle, Giancarlo Luiggi, Carolyn Beaty, Aaron Zebrook, Amber Rill, Tristan Prat-Vincent, Bruno Almeida, Isabella Fitzgerald, Barbara Haimes - HN]
國際葡萄酒大師麗莎·格拉尼克 (Lisa Granik) 帶領的美國葡萄酒專家團一行十人到訪格魯吉亞，他們先后拜訪了卡爾特里和卡赫基地區的葡萄酒公司和小型酒莊。專家組成員包括Kyle Eberle、Giancarlo Luiggi、Carolyn Beaty、Aaron Zebrook、Amber Rill、Tristan Prat-Vincent、Bruno Almeida、Isabella Fitzgerald、Barbara Haimes（名譽專家）。
According to Granik, who is the head of Georgia’s contractor company TastingWorks, the quality of Georgian wine is increasing by the year. She noted that the quality of many commercial and non-commercial wines has reached international standards.
作為格魯吉亞簽約公司TastingWorks的總裁，格拉尼克介紹說格魯吉亞精品葡萄酒的市場需求逐年增長。她還注意到很多商業和非商業性葡萄酒的品質已經達到國際水準。
“The quality and desire to produce very high-quality wine at a world-standard level is increasing in Georgia,” she noted, adding that such tours as this latest aim to increase awareness of Georgian wine in the US and help to introduce traditional Georgian wine-making methods to foreign professionals.
“注重品質、釀造世界頂級葡萄酒的理念正逐漸被格魯吉亞業內所接受。”她如此評價道，并且接著補充說，眼下此類訪問不僅能夠提升格魯吉亞葡萄酒在美國的影響力，而且還有助于將格魯吉亞傳統釀酒技藝推薦給外國的專業人士。
“This will eventually contribute to the growth of export of Georgian wine, and wine tourism in Georgia,'' she said.
“最終這將有助于格魯吉亞葡萄酒的出口增長，進而推動格魯吉亞葡萄酒旅游的發展。”她說。
The Head of the National Wine Agency, Giorgi Samanishvili, noted that the presentation of Georgian wine to American wine professionals is much needed, as the US is one of the increasingly important export markets for Georgian wine.
國家葡萄酒局局長喬治·薩瑪尼什維利 (Giorgi Samanishvili) 表示，美國作為格魯吉亞葡萄酒日益增長的重要出口市場，向美國葡萄酒專業人士推薦格魯吉亞葡萄酒是非常必要的。
He went on to say that Georgian wine is not well-known on the US market yet but that he hopes, as a result of such visits and collaboration with American experts, Georgian wine will become better-known there.
他進而指出格魯吉亞葡萄酒在美國市場并不出名，不過他希望通過此類訪問以及與美國專家的合作，能夠進一步提升格魯吉亞葡萄酒的知名度。
“Experts tasting wines on location is quite different from reading about it elsewhere,” Samanishvili said.
薩瑪尼什維利局長表示“專家深入實地品鑒與單純閱讀雜志的效果截然不同。”
He also highlighted the first International Wine Tourism Conference organized by the UN World Tourism Organization (the UNWTO) and noted that this event not only served to promote tourism and Georgian wine but increased the overall awareness of the country.
他還著重介紹了由聯合國世界旅游組織 (UNWTO) 主辦的第一屆國際葡萄酒旅游大會，這次大會不僅能夠推動旅游業和格魯吉亞葡萄酒的發展，而且還能夠提升整個國家的影響力。
“It is very important that the first global wine conference was held in Georgia because wine tourism should start in the homeland of wine,” he said.
他強調“第一屆全球葡萄酒大會安排在格魯吉亞舉辦具有非凡的意義，因為葡萄酒旅游的第一站應該從葡萄酒的發源地開始。”
The first International Wine Tourism Conference was held in Georgia on September 7-9 with the participation of 250 delegates from 42 countries and more than 150 organizations.
第一屆國際葡萄酒旅游大會于9月7日至9日在格魯吉亞召開，大會吸引了來自42個國家150多家機構的250名代表參加。
According to the Georgian Wine Agency, the data of the last 9 months shows that 191 thousand bottles (0,75l) of wine have been exported from Georgia to the USA, a result 10 percent higher than last year.
格魯吉亞葡萄酒局統計數據表明，前9個月格魯吉亞葡萄酒（750毫升裝）出口美國市場達191000瓶，同比增長10%。
