Imagine salty caramels, cep candies and wine on crushed ice. This and more is possible when you mix fresh Georgian ingredients with creativity.

Proving that Georgian products are a perfect match for high-end cuisine was the aim of last Sunday’s charity dinner at the Adjara Restaurant at the Holiday Inn hotel. The event raised funds to help sponsor a two-week apprenticeship for a Georgian chef at Michelin-rated chef Claude Bosi’s London restaurant Hibiscus.

Bosi and master of wine Isabelle Legeron were invited by the Georgian National Tourism Agency to organise a dinner where Georgian ingredients would be key. Pomegranates, sunflower oil and nadughi cheese among others were used in original and tasty combinations. They were enhanced thanks to the kvevri wines selected by Legeron.

A love story with an unwritten ending. That’s how the bond between Isabelle Legeron and Georgian wines can be described, because that very spirit that made her fall in love with the grapes is at a crossroads: they could either rise to prominence or vanish forever.

A self- proclaimed peasant wine lover, Legeron, embodies perfectly well the wine she so passionately describes: simple and unpretentious on the outside, full of life and character in the interior. Dressed up in casual clothes and with no makeup on, this high-end wine expert living in a working class part of London radiates kindness and dynamism and makes one feel comfortable from minute one- much like the baked earth scented wines of the Kakheti region. Legeron declares herself to be in love with Georgia and its wines; a love with the aroma of grapes freshly fermenting in Kakheti, so close to that of her family’s cellar. The mix of fresh nuts and grapes, so typical of this time of the year in Georgia, has in Legeron’s palate the taste of her grandmother’s jam of grapes and walnuts.

In order to promote the Georgian market and to further reduce the associated investment risks, the British Georgian Chamber of Commerce (BGCC), which promotes the development of successful business ties between the United Kingdom and Georgia, invited the Mgaloblishvili, Kipiani, Dzidziguri law firm (MKD) to organize a seminar in London.

The seminar, which was aptly entitled Managing Investment Risks: How to Protect Your Investments in Georgia, was held on October 21 and sought to overview the country’s business environment, as well as provide information and recommendations to interested business circles on how to avoid or mitigate investment risks in Georgia.

The event was opened by Giorgi Badridze, The Georgian Ambassador to the UK and Mako Abashidze, the Director of BGCC. Approximately 50 delegates from British business communities participated in the seminar, discussing practical tips provided by MKD on how to overcome and practicably resolve investment-associated risks.