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Students and professors from HESˑSO University in Switzerland visited the Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture

The professors and students from the School of Viticulture and Enology of the Swiss HESˑSO University within the framework of the "Summer University 2025" visited the Jighaura base of the Scientific-Research Center of Agriculture. The director of the Center, Prof. Levan Ujmajuridze, introduced the guests to the main areas of the Center's activities and emphasized the opportunities that the Center offers to young people, including foreign students, in the field of research and practical education. Special attention was paid to the abundance of local grape varieties and the possibilities of their spread in the viticulture and winemaking regions, in which the Center's scientists are actively involved. The Swiss university students toured the grape collection plots, laboratories, and the Vine and Wine Museum. At the end of the visit, a tasting of wines made at the center from rare Georgian grape varieties was held, where the guests had the opportunity to learn in detail about the technological processes of making and bottling wine in a qvevri and in the classical manner. The visit was held within the framework of the international program “Summer University 2025” organized by the HESˑSO University of Viticulture and Enology in Switzerland. Bachelor's and Master's students from universities in various European countries participate in it. The goal of the program is to share international experience in the field of viticulture and enology and to increase professional competencies for young people. The Jighaura base provides bachelor's, master's and doctoral students with the opportunity to learn firsthand about the peculiarities of Georgian viticulture, deepen their professional experience and develop international connections.