Kakheti

the highlights.

Join a wine tour with Living Roots. Run by painter-winemaker-owner of the Pheasant's Tears, John Wurdeman, Living Roots focuses on exploring the country through culture, cuisine, and winemaking traditions and specializes in finding authentic experiences that showcase small entrepreneurs, winemakers, and traditions.

Enjoy a great meal at Pheasant’s Tears, a winery-restaurant run by American wine connoisseur John Wurdeman. All wines are fermented and aged in egg-shaped clay jars called Quevri. Check out the tastings and meals at the Crazy Pomegranate (affiliated with Pheasant’s Tears).

Pop into the Sighnagi National Museum, and don’t miss the Niko Pirosmani room.

Visit the Tsinandali museum housed in the Tsinandali Estate, a beautifully preserved historical estate of a Georgian noble family.

Visit the famous Georgian Eastern Orthodox Alaverdi Monastery.

Drop by the new biodynamic winery, Ruispiri, run by a husband-wife team, and if time permits, add check out Gremi, the Georgian Orthodox Cathedral in Kvareli.

Experience a traditional supra (traditional Georgian meal with toasts) or simple wine-tasting at Chateau Mere (partnership with one of Georgia's first agro-tourism companies, Winiveria)

Check out a little local cheesemaker's family and sample some of their delicious cheeses paired with wine in downtown Telavi at Odili cheese

For luxury spa-seekers, check out: Kvareli Lake Resort, Lopota, Hotel Tsinandali Estate, and Royal Batoni.

For those eager to support social enterprises in the area, head out to the village of Gremi and check out the Temi community’s winery and restaurant committed to employing, training, and housing a community of socially vulnerable people.