Gyeongbuk Gimcheon 'Sudosan Winery' Selected as Excellent Brewery by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

A scene from the brewery experience event.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] ‘Sudosan Winery’ (CEO Baek Seunghyun) in Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was finally selected in the '2020 Visiting Brewery Contest Project' hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, securing a total project cost of 120 million KRW.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 17th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' 'Visiting Brewery Project,' which has been promoted since 2013, is a project aimed at fostering excellent local breweries into sixth industrialization landmarks by comprehensively supporting environmental improvement, experience program development, promotion, and marketing to link production, experience, and tourism.

The Ministry selected four breweries nationwide (1 in Gyeongbuk, 2 in Chungbuk, 1 in Jeonbuk) through document and on-site evaluations from 19 candidates recommended by cities and provinces nationwide this year. The support fund covers 80% of the total project cost (40% national funds, 40% local funds).

The selected ‘Sudosan Winery’ is a grape wine brewery boasting the highest quality, having won the grand prize at the 2018 Korea Traditional Liquor Competition. It supplies ‘Sanmeoru Crate Red’ wine made from organically grown mountain wild grapes directly to famous hotel restaurants in Seoul.

The selected breweries will receive support through this project from this year to next year for experience and sales facility maintenance, comprehensive consulting on overall quality management, experience program development and operation, promotion, and marketing.

Since 2015, Gyeongbuk Province has had a total of nine breweries selected for the 'Visiting Brewery Project,' with one to three breweries chosen annually. This accounts for 21% of the total 42 breweries nationwide, achieving the highest performance in the country. Gyeongbuk Province prides itself on these results, which are the outcome of using excellent agricultural products as raw materials and continuous policy support such as expanding manufacturing infrastructure, promotion, marketing, and consulting by administrative authorities.

Kim Jongsu, Director of the Agriculture, Livestock and Distribution Bureau, said, “We expect the visiting breweries to grow into new Gyeongbuk tourism resources linked with local tourist attractions,” and added, “We will continue to provide unwavering promotion and support to local breweries.”

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