The Gurian Wine Festival is a smaller local festival focused mainly on winemakers from the Guria region of west Georgia. In 2025 this was held in the lovely forest location of the historic Eristavi Palace near the town of Chokhatauri, on Saturday June 28th. I managed to taste 75 wines from 28 producers. The Tbilisi...Read More
Wine Expo Georgia is the biggest wine trade show in Georgia (country). In 2025 it ran from Friday, June 6th to Sunday, June 8th. Over 140 producers were represented. My top wines are below, and also you will find the official judging panel list (headed by Tim Atkin MW). I managed to taste 364 wines...Read More
Discover & Distribute Georgia’s Finest Wines We connect importers, retailers, and wine professionals with outstanding & unique Georgian wines—sourced directly from trusted, independent producers—without the headaches. Let’s Talk Wine Meet Tom – Your Wine Insider in Georgia Tom Williams (WSET3 + Georgian Wine Specialist) is the founder of Eat This! Tours and your boots-on-the-ground wine...Read More
We had a fantastic time, as always, at the Bolnisi festival in the old Swabian/German town of Bolnisi (Ekaterinefield) south of Tbilisi. Following this I was privileged to attend a small group wine tasting of 12 rare wines at Sadzvele Wine Bar in Tbilisi, so I’ve included information on this as it was quite fascinating....Read More
The New Wine Festival (May 10th 2025) in Mtatsminda park is the biggest single day wine festival in Tbilisi. Over 200 producers were represented. I managed to taste 105 wines from 32 producers. And the weather was perfect this year! The focus of this festival is “new wine”. Georgia has had quite the focus on...Read More
Wine Ambassadors Event at Wyndham Grand (on May 1st 2025) was a well curated tasting event which featured maybe 50 producers, back for it’s second year, the overall standard is very high. I managed to taste 97 wines from 35 producers. Saamuri Natural Wine Festival (May 4th 2025) is hosted by the Saamuri wine salon...Read More
Over 2 days of the Zero Compromise Tbilisi wine festival (May 2nd+3rd 2025), I managed to taste 227 wines from 58 producers. Another very fun event with Zero Compromise. The wine, food and atmosphere make this one of the must-go wine festivals of the year, and the post-industrial ruin style venue adds to the appeal....Read More
As Georgia’s wine capital, Kakheti balances traditional craft with new approaches – and the results speak for themselves. What makes this place special? Rare grape varieties you won’t find anywhere else, ancient techniques that have stood the test of time, and winemakers who honor their heritage while pushing boundaries. From rich reds to distinctive amber...Read More
Rtveli in Georgia is an annual tradition. A wine harvest festival that is more than just drinking wine – it is the process of picking the grapes, processing them into juice, and starting the fermentation process to make wine. Couple this with a supra (feast) to celebrate a job well done, and you have for...Read More
Georgian Wine Regions Guide: To some extent, you could say much of Georgia is a wine region. Aside from the high mountains, a large proportion of the liveable area is capable of producing wine, and does. Maybe not always on a commercial scale, but home winemakers producing for personal consumption are almost omnipresent. Wine is...Read More
