Wine in Akhmeta, Kakheti

Badagoni ★ 4.2

Akhmeta winery at Zemo Khodasheni producing qvevri, red, white and sparkling wine plus chacha, and the partner behind the restored Alaverdi Monastery cellar.

Alaverdi Monastery Marani ★ 4.5

Monastery cellar at Alaverdi where monks work an eleventh century qvevri cellar, restored in 2006 with Badagoni, bottling under the Since 1011 label.

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.

Akhmeta Wine House ★ 4.3

A natural qvevri producer founded in 2014 at Akhmeta, a member of the Natural Wine Association Georgia, working skin-contact whites macerated for six months and bottled unfiltered.

Why locals love it: Akhmeta is the municipality most visitors only cross on the way to Alaverdi, and the wine house is a small natural producer rather than a coach stop.

Tip: Their amber range is small and sells through, so check stock on the online shop before making the drive up to Akhmeta.

Akhmeta Wine House ★ 4.4

A member of the Natural Wine Association Georgia, founded in 2014, farming organically under CAUCASCERT and making skin-contact qvevri wine macerated for six months and bottled unfiltered.

Tip: CAUCASCERT is accredited to ISO 17065 by the German body DAkkS and recognised in the EU, so the organic claim here is a certificate rather than a description.