Akhmeta Wine House ★ 4.0
Akhmeta producer making natural qvevri wine in the Kakhetian method, including an amber Rkatsiteli, and running wine tasting tours from the town.
Monastery cellar at Alaverdi where monks work an eleventh century qvevri cellar, restored in 2006 with Badagoni, bottling under the Since 1011 label.
Address: Alaverdi Monastery, Akhmeta 2218, Kakheti, Georgia
Akhmeta producer making natural qvevri wine in the Kakhetian method, including an amber Rkatsiteli, and running wine tasting tours from the town.
Akhmeta producer making natural qvevri wine in the Kakhetian method, including an amber Rkatsiteli, and running wine tasting tours from the town.
Sighnaghi winery on Baratashvili Street working in qvevri, with a restaurant attached to the cellar and a second room, Crazy Pomegranate, in town.
Tip: The restaurant pours back vintages and cellar-only cuvees that are not sold anywhere else in Sighnaghi.
Kisiskhevi estate drawing on vineyards in the Napareuli, Tsinandali and Kindzmarauli zones, with tank-fermented wines alongside a qvevri range, plus a hotel and spa on site.
Tip: Tasting, restaurant and hotel share one site at Kisiskhevi, so a visit can run from cellar to table without moving.
Kisiskhevi cellar bottling under the Orgo and Dilao labels. Rkatsiteli, Kisi, Mtsvane and Saperavi ferment in qvevri, with a reserve Saperavi and a qvevri-fermented sparkling.
The Chavchavadze estate at Tsinandali, with a historic cellar, a park and a hotel. Tastings and cellar tours run daily from the estate visitor programme.
Tip: The estate pairs a wine tour with the Chavchavadze house museum, so allow time for both rather than the cellar alone.
Family winery founded in 1997 beside the Chavchavadze park at Tsinandali, taking fruit from the Mukuzani, Napareuli, Kindzmarauli and Tsinandali zones.