Kisiskhevi estate drawing on vineyards in the Napareuli, Tsinandali and Kindzmarauli zones, with tank-fermented wines alongside a qvevri range, plus a hotel and spa on site.
Tip: Tasting, restaurant and hotel share one site at Kisiskhevi, so a visit can run from cellar to table without moving.
Kisiskhevi cellar bottling under the Orgo and Dilao labels. Rkatsiteli, Kisi, Mtsvane and Saperavi ferment in qvevri, with a reserve Saperavi and a qvevri-fermented sparkling.
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.
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.
Estate tasting room at Schuchmann's Kisiskhevi winery, pouring the Vinoterra qvevri range and the classic Schuchmann label. Hotel, restaurant and wine spa sit on the same site.
Tasting room at Telavi Wine Cellar in Kurdgelauri, where the Discover MARANI vineyard and cellar walk finishes with a flight of the house wines.
Hotel, villas and wine spa on the Schuchmann estate at Kisiskhevi, with indoor and outdoor pools and a restaurant facing the Caucasus range across the vineyards.
Thirty-two room hotel among the vineyards at Artana, with a working cellar making Saperavi and Rkatsiteli in qvevri, a restaurant, terraces and cellar tastings.
Vinotherapy rooms at the Schuchmann estate in Kisiskhevi, using grape seed scrubs, local mud and hot wine baths. Treatments run 40 to 90 minutes, from 190 GEL.
The bar inside the Schuchmann complex at Kisiskhevi, which combines a hotel, restaurant, wine bar and wine spa on one site above the vineyards.
Wine focus: Schuchmann and Vinoterra ranges
Tip: Guests staying on site can move between the restaurant, the bar and the cigar room without leaving the chateau, which matters when there is no taxi rank.
A small room in the Schuchmann chateau complex fitted out with clay pots and a buried wine library, with music and a cigar list, kept for after dinner.
Tip: It is inside the hotel complex at Kisiskhevi, so it works as a nightcap for guests rather than as a destination in itself.
A named vegan range from Telavi Wine Cellar, which trades as Marani and has been bottling at Kurdgelauri since 1915. It sits beside the Satrapezo, single-vineyard and appellation ranges.
Tip: Marani runs the vegan wines as a named collection rather than an occasional bottling, so ask for the collection by name at the cellar door.