Small Telavi winery on Giorgi Leonidze Street bottling Saperavi, Kisi, Mtsvane and Rkatsiteli, with tastings and a tour of the cellar by arrangement.
Address: 42 Giorgi Leonidze Street, Telavi 2200, Kakheti, Georgia
Kvareli producer whose tunnel cellar, cut into the Caucasus rock and opened in 1962, runs 7.7 km and holds the bottle library where tastings take place.
Tip: The tunnel holds a steady 12 to 16 degrees all year, so take a layer even in August.
Winery at Chikaani outside Kvareli with a standard wine range, a premium tier and a brandy line, working the Alazani Valley fruit on the Kvareli side.
Shilda estate in Kvareli municipality bottling Kindzmarauli, Tsinandali and Mukuzani alongside qvevri Saperavi, Kisi and Rkatsiteli and an oak-aged qvevri Saperavi.
Kvareli winery on Erekle II Street with a Saperavi-led list that includes a premium bottling and older vintages held back for release.
Shilda marani founded in February 2013, making dry Rkatsiteli from its own vineyards on the Shilda plateau, with a twenty room guest house on the same site.
Kvareli producer on Matikashvili Street with Alazani Valley, Tsinandali, Kindzmarauli and Pirosmani bottlings alongside Rkatsiteli and a qvevri Kisi.
