Georgia is known for its traditions of winemaking: here you can try wine from grapes of various varieties, while it cost, by Russian standards, it will be inexpensive. Wines are made by small winery located in ordinary village houses and large factories that use advanced technologies in production. Most of them can be visited to taste drinks and get acquainted with the process of their manufacture. We have chosen several places for wine tourism in different places of the country.
Winery “Fazan Tears”, Signach
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Known for the manufacture of natural wine from ancient Georgian technologies, the Winery “Fazan’s Tears” is located in the city of Signachs in the region of Kakheti. It produces wine from nine grape varieties, and preservatives are not used in its manufacture. The drink is not maintained in oak barrels, believing that they hide the true taste of wine, but in Kvevri jugs dug in the soil, to minimize the loss of the taste of grapes. Visiting a wine cellar and a tasting will cost 20 Lari per person, but a minimum of at least four people is possible. There is also a restaurant with traditional Georgian cuisine on the territory of the winery.
The cellar of Iago, Mtskheta
Location
The cellar of Yago Bitarashvili is a private grave of the Chardahi village in the vicinity of the city of Mtskhta. It is an ordinary village house with vineyards in the distance. There are two types of wine here: the red dry “Saperavi” and the white dry “bureaucrats”. He, like in the “Fazan Tears”, is produced in Quevri, trying to practically not use modern technologies and without adding preservatives. You can get to the village of Chardakhi from Tbilisi on a minibus from the Diduba bus station, and any local resident will tell the road to the cellar.
The winery “Chateau-Muchanes”, Mtskheta
Site: Chateaumukhrani.com
Location
Revived on the basis of the 19th-century palace of the Chateau-Mukhran winery is located 25 kilometers from Tbilisi. You can get to it on any minibus coming from the Didbe bus station towards Gori – however, you will have to walk through the village of Mukhani. Shato-Mustrary produces 13 varieties of wines and chacha-some of them are quite rare. Tasting four varieties will cost 35 Lari (860 rubles) From a person, at the same time it is worth considering that you need to sign up for a wine tour in advance.
Winery “Hareba”, Carelles
Site: Winery-khareba.com
Location
The Hareba winery company belongs to two plants, but it is most known to be cut down in the rock with a seven-kilometer tunnel-scaland, where about 25 thousand bottles of wine are stored-however, only the first 300 meters of the tunnel are available to tourists. During the inspection, you can taste the drinks that the company produces, and listen to stories about the traditions of winemaking. The tasting of the two wines produced using European technology will cost 12 Lari (290 rubles) per person, and the wines from Kvevri jugs – at 15 (370 rubles). There is a tunnel in Kvarteli – a small city in Kakheti.
Kinzmarauli Corporation, Carelles
Site: Kindzmaraulicorporation.ge
Location
Another place in quarrels, where you can taste wine, is located in the very center of the city. This is a large factory that produces the well -known half -sweet wine “Kinzmarauli”. On its territory there are winery, a wine store, a tasting room, a museum sector and a restaurant. You can try wine for free-usually guests are offered 4-5 varieties.
Plant “Bagrationi 1882”, Tbilisi
Site: Bagrationi.ge
Location
Bagrationi 1882 is a leading factory for the production of sparkling wines in Georgia and one of the largest wineries in the capital. In the manufacture of a drink, both traditional methods and modern technologies are used here. At the factory you can visit a tour where they will show how sparkling wine is produced and offered to taste products.
Winery Chatea-Siegaani, Zegaani
Site: Chateau-zegaani.com
Location
The Chateau-Zegani winery, built at the beginning of the 19th century, is located in the village of Zegaani in Kakheti. Wine here is produced in accordance with traditions and withstanding in Kvevri. The household tour includes an inspection of cellars, storage facilities and workshops of the wines, as well as visiting cognac production and tasting.
The factory “noise”, zinandali
Site: shumi.ge
Location
A small “noise” plant, which produces five to six varieties of wines, is located on the outskirts of the village of Tsinandali in Kakheti-you can get here from the city of Telvi on a minibus. It is not so popular among tourists, so here you can enjoy a free tasting in a calm atmosphere. Visitors are poured four glasses of wine, cognac, port or chachi. The plant also has a museum, a tasting terrace and a store.
The author of the text: Yana Kasatkina
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