Grape Purchasing Prices Adjusted Amid Kakheti Protests As Officials Expect ‘Unprecedented Harvest’

Georgian authorities adjusted grape purchasing prices following two days of protests by grape growers in Georgia’s eastern wine-making Kakheti region, where locals have demanded higher prices for their harvest, including by blocking roads and paralyzing local traffic. The protests, which ended following the government’s September 22 decision to revise the prices, come amid what officials …