Teliani Valley ★ 4.3
Telavi winery on the Tbilisi highway, with the Teliani Valley, Glekhuri and Teluri ranges covering dry red and white, amber qvevri wine, sparkling, chacha and brandy.
Kurdgelauri winery trading as Marani since 1915, with the Satrapezo and Kondoli ranges and its own vineyards on the Kondoli hills. Wine tours run from the site.
Address: Kurdgelauri, Telavi 2200, Kakheti, Georgia
Telavi winery on the Tbilisi highway, with the Teliani Valley, Glekhuri and Teluri ranges covering dry red and white, amber qvevri wine, sparkling, chacha and brandy.
Vardisubani producer outside Telavi with a short list built on Khikhvi, including a qvevri version, plus Goruli Mtsvane, Kindzmarauli and a white chacha.
Telavi wine company on the Tbilisi highway at the edge of town, bottling a Kakhetian range of reds and whites for the domestic and export trade.
Small Telavi winery on Giorgi Leonidze Street bottling Saperavi, Kisi, Mtsvane and Rkatsiteli, with tastings and a tour of the cellar by arrangement.
Telavi winery on the Tbilisi highway, with the Teliani Valley, Glekhuri and Teluri ranges covering dry red and white, amber qvevri wine, sparkling, chacha and brandy.
Vardisubani producer outside Telavi with a short list built on Khikhvi, including a qvevri version, plus Goruli Mtsvane, Kindzmarauli and a white chacha.
Telavi wine company on the Tbilisi highway at the edge of town, bottling a Kakhetian range of reds and whites for the domestic and export trade.
Small Telavi winery on Giorgi Leonidze Street bottling Saperavi, Kisi, Mtsvane and Rkatsiteli, with tastings and a tour of the cellar by arrangement.
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.