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.
Restaurant at the Kvareli Wine Cave complex run by Winery Khareba, serving Georgian and European dishes beside the tunnel cellars, daily from 10:00 to 22:00.
The list: Winery Khareba's Kakhetian range, tasted alongside the tunnel cellar next door.
Winery Khareba's shop at the Kvareli Wine Cave, stocking the company's Kakhetian range along with chacha and grape seed oil made from its own fruit.
Guided walk through Winery Khareba's 7.7 km of tunnels at Kvareli, two main galleries and 13 connecting ones, ending in tastings and cellar masterclasses.
The restaurant beside the tunnel entrance at Kvareli, open two hours later than the cave itself, in a park with a water mill, a bakery and a collection of old pitchers.
Wine focus: Winery Khareba range, tasting up to 50 wines
Tip: The cave shuts at 20:00 and the restaurant at 22:00, so do the tunnel first and let dinner run on afterwards.