On the eve of the Mediation, organized by the State Tourism Agency in the village of Maizari Shemakhinsky district, was a presentation of the Iter Vitis Qafqaz wine route.
Sharif Hasanova, Head of the Tourism Development Department of Azerbaijan, spoke with a presentation on the topic “Wine tourism and wine routes in Azerbaijan”, spoke about the project “Iter Vitis Qafqaz” and its goals.
Hasanova noted that the first innovative transnational route connecting the Caucasus countries will be created to promote wine-making regions, wine-modeling, home production of wines and archaeological excavations associated with wine.
During the presentation, it was noted that in Azerbaijan there are more than 25 wineries in the Western, Northern and North-West tourist routes, and the winemaking is developing through the use of grape varieties and local alternatives worldwide.
also provided information about the methods of fermentation, color, taste and smell of wines, about the winer of Azerbaijan, as well as countries where wines produced in our country are exported.
The representative of the Bureau also informed journalists about the first online portal about Azerbaijanwine.az winemaking in Russian and English and noted that the portal contains information about Azerbaijani wine traditions, the best practices of winemaking and much more.
During the presentation, answers were also provided to questions of interest to journalists.
Then the media representatives got acquainted with the stages of grape production and wine.