March 18 2013, 16:16 Fruit-Inform

Georgian wine, fruit knocking on Russia’s door

According to Voice of Russia, Georgia is sending a delegation of farming officials to Moscow this week to look into the progress of efforts to resume the export of Georgian wine, mineral water and fruit to the Russian Federation.

Visiting Georgia in late February, Russian food safety inspectors allowed a number of Georgian wine producers and mineral water bottlers to send samples of their produce to Russia for analysis in Russian food quality labs.

In 2006, Russia completely locked out Georgian mineral water and farm produce. It cited quality concerns.