Skovin's Wine popular in Japan

Macedonian winery Skovin, the only winery in Macedonia that exports wine to Japan, will strengthen its position on the Japanese market. The quality of Skovin’s wine was confirmed by experts from the largest Japanese winery, Santori.

The penetration of Macedonian wines in the Japanese market is even more significant if one takes into account that the Japanese market is very picky when it comes to quality. Export to Japan is expected to increase substantially in the coming period. Last year, 500,000 litres of wine was exported to Japan.Skovin has a good quality of wines and manages the quality control well. For this reason, it has been chosen by Japanese consumers.

Promotion of Macedonian wines in USA

Starting from Wednesday, products of eight Macedonian cellars will be promoted in Washington, New York and Chicago.

The campaign, organized by the National Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion in cooperation with the USAID AgBiz and IDEAS projects, will present the wines of 'Bovin', 'Dalvina', 'Dudin', 'Ezmit', 'Popova Kula', 'Stobi', 'Tikves' and 'Kamnik'.

The promotion of Macedonian wines is wrapping up in New York on June 5.

In addition, representatives of Macedonian wine producers will hold talks with US market experts, potential importers and distributors, as well as representatives of retail and specialized wine stores, the Agency said in a press release.

Macedonian wine, cheese recommended to Swedish TV viewers

In the framework of the national Eurovision song contest, Swedish daily "Metro" has published an interview with members of popular orchestra Andra Generationen (Second Generation).
Second Generation is an orchestra comprised of Swedish musicians of Macedonian descent, widely popular in the country in recent years. They took part at 2010 national Eurovision song contest "Melodifestivalen".
In the interview, Second Generation members recommend Macedonian specialties for a better mood while following "Melodifestivalen".
"Galicnik cheese from Macedonia's Mavrovo region, tavce-gravce, ajvar, baked paprika in oil, rakija from Macedonian grapes we call 'the yellow devil', as well as wines 'Alexandria', 'T'ga za jug'", recommend Second Generation members.

Skopje Hosting a Wine Festival

Thursday, 14 October 2010 The fourth international wine promotion festival Vino-Skop 2010 will roll out at Makedonija Square from October 13 to 17.

Zito Vardar Group will make sure that visitors are offered delicious food and baked specialties to be served on a 20-meter-long table.

Zito Vardar CEO Risto Tashev said this year more than 200.000 people are expected to show up at the event. The sales of all products will be made through “wine denars” which can be bought at Vino-Skop stands, The wine will be served in glasses, which can be bought at the entrance.

“Besides Macedonian, there will be French, Spanish and Croatian wine,” organizers said.

The concept of this event is to present the long-standing wine production, cultural inheritance and tradition through wine tasting and sale of quality wine, refreshments and lots of entertainment.