Russia: Kremlin Mulls Resuming Georgian Wine Imports
Russia: Kremlin Mulls Resuming Georgian Wine Imports
Sep 12, 2012 6
(TheMoscowTimes) - The Kremlin is considering resuming wine imports from Georgia, Gennady Onishchenko, head of the Federal Consumer Protection Service, said Wednesday, Interfax reported.
"We see major progress in both Moldova and Georgia," he said.
Onishchenko added that in the 1990s the Russian market was flooded with counterfeit Moldovan and Georgian wines.
He called those beverages "poison" and added that some of them were produced by Russian manufacturers and passed off as Moldovan wines.
"The rest was diluted wine at best and ethanol mixed with coloring agents at worst," he said.
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