Winiveria ★ 4.0
Vardisubani producer outside Telavi with a short list built on Khikhvi, including a qvevri version, plus Goruli Mtsvane, Kindzmarauli and a white chacha.
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.
Address: Tbilisi Highway 3, Telavi 2200, Kakheti, Georgia
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.
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.
Shilda estate in Kvareli municipality bottling Kindzmarauli, Tsinandali and Mukuzani alongside qvevri Saperavi, Kisi and Rkatsiteli and an oak-aged qvevri Saperavi.