Wine Tour in Wine Country

Feel the aroma of wine in the motherland of wine. Learn the oldest secrets of wine preparation within 6 Day Wine Tour in the country of Georgia where wine production began more than 7000 years ago. Over 500 species of vine grow in Georgia nowadays. See the unique Georgian wine vessel and taste different kinds of wine in the wineries of the Kakheti region. The 6 Day Wine Tour gives you possibility to visit Tsinandali enoteca where old collection of wines is maintained and old historical monuments, one of them Ikalto Monastery maintains the old Georgian kvevris (wine vessel made from clay) in the yard. It was common to decorate churches and monasteries with the ornament of vine leaves and grapes as vine is an integral part of the Georgian culture and it had a great influence on the religious heritage, too. According to the traditional accounts, St Nino who Christianized the country of Georgia held a grapevine cross that is kept in the Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi now.

Itinerary

1 Day

Transfer from the airport to the hotel

Overnight in Tbilisi

2 Day

Drive for Kakheti

Visiting places:

Bodbe – St Nino Monastery

Signagi – John Wurdeman wine cellar

Overnight in Signagi

3 Day
Visiting Places:

Gurjaani – Kvelatsminda (All Saints) two-domed church

Tsinandali Village – visit to the Nikolaishvili family

House-museum of Al. Chavchavadze, enoteca with the old collection of wine

Overnight in Telavi

4 Day
Visiting places:

Telavi Museum

Winery

Alaverdi Cathedral Church

Ikalto Monastery

Overnight in Telavi

5 Day

Drive for Tbilisi

Tbilisi sightseeing tour

Drive for Mtskheta

Visit to the wine collector and author of the Georgian wine encyclopedia

Overnight in Tbilisi

6 Day

Transfer from the hotel to the airport

Departure