Husking and drying facilities in Eniseli and Lagodekhi.
We produce hazelnut on more than 120 hectares in Kakheti Region and offer full package of post‑harvest handling services, that envisages hazelnut cleaning, drying and safe storing using modern equipment.
Wondernut operates two drying and storing facilities in two separate locations: Village Eniseli and Lagodekhi Town.
Both Projects have been co‑financed by proceeds of Agricultural and Rural Development Agency of Georgia (ARDA), through “Agro Processing and Storage Enterprises Project”, USAID through Georgia Hazelnut Improvement Project (G‑HIP), European Union through Food and Agriculture Organization in the Framework of ENPARD III Project, Agri Georgia LLC (Ferrero) and Georgian Budgetary Resources and Wondernut’s direct investment.
These facilities are the largest in‑shell hazelnut providers in Kakheti. Through these facilities, we managed to close the gap between local farmers and end users, and ensured sustainability of quality of hazelnut. Both locations offer hazelnut husking, drying and storing services which correspond to all essential requirements of the international market.
Lagodekhi town Co‑financed byARDA · USAID (G‑HIP) · EU / FAO (ENPARD III) · Agri Georgia LLC (Ferrero)
Eniseli · Launched 2022From the orchard to storage in three steps.
Cleaning
Hazelnut cleaning is the first critical step in quality assurance. Cleaning machine vacuums the hazelnuts with green husk into the milling unit and takes the green husk out.
Drying
Drying is a next and extremely important operation, necessary to reduce the moisture content of the fruit and preserve its freshness over time. The process starts with expanding harvested and cleaned hazelnuts in the sun for couple of days, and then transported to drying facility, in special dryers heated to 30° / 40°C.
The result of this operation is a dry and stable hazelnut that can be preserved in shell for longer durations, without any adverse effect to the quality of hazelnut. With special laboratory and moisture analyzing equipment we ensure consistent quality of dried hazelnut.
Storing
Safe storing using modern equipment, in both Eniseli and Lagodekhi, until shipment to local and international markets.
Moisture analysisDrying facilities
Husking and drying facilities in Eniseli and Lagodekhi.
Storage
Safe storage for in‑shell and kernel.
Drying silos
Consistent moisture, verified in our laboratory.
Planning
Orchard and post‑harvest planning.