Russia imposed the ban on March 2006, saying the wine contained dangerous pesticides.
The ban has dealt a heavy blow to Georgia's economy.
(Interfax)
President Mikheil Saakashvili at a Georgian wine festival in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in May (ITAR-TASS) August 11, 2006 -- Georgia's agriculture minister Mikheil Svimonishvili says his ministry received a letter on August 10 from Russia's chief sanitation officer, Gennady Onishchenko, offering to enter into negotiations to lift Russia's embargo on Georgian wine.
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