Wine & Beverage

Amber wine, also known as orange wine, is white grapes made into wine but with the richness and complexity of a red wine. In this article, we’ll explore the reasons behind its unique color, its deep roots in Georgian winemaking, and how to really enjoy its hearty flavors. Come along as we take a friendly...Read More

Georgian Chacha is a distinctive Georgian alcoholic beverage that is beloved by locals but honestly makes many foreigners groan (just a little) when it’s brought to the table. This strong (I mean STRONG, often over 70% ABV) spirit is a by-product of the wine-making process and its rich history and unique production methods have been...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

Over 2 days of wine festivals (June 11th & June 17th 2023), I managed to taste 123 wines from 51 producers. Merano festival at Chateau Mukhrani (June 11th) and the Bolnisi festival in the old Swabian/German town of Bolnisi (Ekaterinefield) south of Tbilisi. The majority were rated “good” or “acceptable”. And by this, I mean...Read More

The New Wine Festival in Mtatsminda park is the biggest single day wine festival in Tbilisi. Over 230 producers were represented. I managed to taste 71 wines from 18 producers. The weather conditions made moving quickly between producers more challenging. The majority were rated “good” or “acceptable”. And by this, I mean wines that we...Read More

Over 3 days of wine festivals (May 5th+6th+7th 2023), I managed to taste 231 wines from 69 producers,  including 2 cider producers, who had cider, not wine :-) The majority were rated “good” or “acceptable”. And by this, I mean wines that we can objectively say to have merit, and enjoyable characteristics that make them...Read More

Georgia (country) has 29 appellations (PDOs), sometimes called microzones. 20 of these are in Kakheti, the highest-producing wine region of Georgia, about 1 hour east of the capital Tbilisi. The exact specifications for each appellation are complex, the below list is a quick summary overview of each appellation, the wine type and grapes and the...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

In this article I compare Georgia Wine Tours from Tbilisi and Kutaisi as well as offer a summary to the major Georgian wine regions and wines. Should you take a Kakheti wine tour (Georgia’s most famous wine region), or head to one of the lesser known regions? Which wine regions are easiest to reach from...Read More

The Rtveli is an annual Georgian 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