Rooftop Bar, Lopota ★ 3.9
Napareuli
The bar in building 16 at Lopota, set up for unhurried evenings with billiards, board games, warm gluhwein and desserts rather than a formal wine list.
Pheasant's Tears, Sighnaghi ★ 4.7
SighnaghiMon to Sun 12:00 to 23:00, kitchen closes 22:00Until 23:00
The Sighnaghi room of a cellar that ferments and ages everything in qvevri, with maceration running from three weeks to six months and no oak anywhere in the range.
Wine focus: Qvevri wines from the estate's own cellar
Tip: The kitchen stops an hour before the room does, so order food by 22:00 and keep the last hour for the glasses.
Khareba Restaurant, Kvareli Wine Cave ★ 4.2
KvareliMonday to Sunday 10:00 to 22:00Until 22:00
The restaurant beside the tunnel entrance at Kvareli, open two hours later than the cave itself, in a park with a water mill, a bakery and a collection of old pitchers.
Wine focus: Winery Khareba range, tasting up to 50 wines
Tip: The cave shuts at 20:00 and the restaurant at 22:00, so do the tunnel first and let dinner run on afterwards.
Twins Wine House Evening Table ★ 4.3
Napareuli
The Napareuli restaurant of a qvevri cellar with rooms on site, seating 300 inside and 150 outdoors, with Kakhetian and Imeretian cooking and the full house list.
Wine focus: Red, white, rose, dry, semi-sweet, branded and organic, plus chacha and brandy
Tip: Guest rooms sit on the same site, which is what makes a long evening here workable without a drive back to Telavi.
Gaumarjos Wine Bar, Tsinandali Estate ★ 4.2
TsinandaliMonday to Sunday 13:00 to 21:00Until 21:00
The estate's wine bar, where the Tsinandali Cellar range is poured by the glass alongside small plates, open daily from early afternoon until nine in the evening.
Wine focus: Tsinandali Cellar wines by the glass
Tip: It shuts at 21:00 while Natella next door runs to 23:00, so start here and move rather than the other way round.
Schuchmann Wine Bar, Kisiskhevi ★ 4.1
Telavi
The bar inside the Schuchmann complex at Kisiskhevi, which combines a hotel, restaurant, wine bar and wine spa on one site above the vineyards.
Wine focus: Schuchmann and Vinoterra ranges
Tip: Guests staying on site can move between the restaurant, the bar and the cigar room without leaving the chateau, which matters when there is no taxi rank.