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WINERIES –GEORGIA Nr. Name/Type/Contact Description Location/Address Telephone Email/Skype Website/Facebook Black Sea Coast-Adjara Viticulture and enology have been well developed in Adjara since ancient times. The region played a significant role in the creation of vineyards. In the area of only 29,000 km2 more than 80 varieties of local grapes have been registered and over 40 cultural vine species have been created and approved. At present, about 50 indigenous and introduced species are cultivated (http://gobatumi.com/en/feelit/tourism-resorts/wine-tourism/vine-in-ajara). Adjara produces famous wines such as “Kedis Tsolikauri” and “Chkhaveri”, which are very popular among Georgian and foreign consumers. The total area of vineyards in Adjara is 180 ha, including 70% of Tsolikauri, 8% of Chkhaveri, and 22% of other varieties. Keda district, situated in Acharistskali Gorge is considered to be the historical center of winemaking in Adjara. The district is distinguished by beautiful nature and many historical places. 01. “Adjarian Wine House” “Adjarian Wine House” is located in the village of Adjaristskali, Adjaristskali, 6042 “Acharian Wine [email protected] Khelvachauri Municipality, on the main road linking Khelvachauri to Khelvachauri house 1” Ltd. www.awh.ge Keda, 15 minutes’ drive from Batumi. It’s a small chateau type Municipality, Adjara (+995) 577 21 40 02 winery established in 2010. The winery was built on the ruins of a Province, Georgia (+995) 790 11 55 00 http://winetrailtravel historical winery from 18th century. Among other types of wine, the (+995) 593 47 65 69 er.com/georgia/adjari winery produces “Chkhaveri” – Joseph Stalin’s favorite wine. (+995) 577 21 40 21 anwinehouse.php Production of wine is limited to 8,000 bottles per year. Guests are welcomed by a guide, who first takes them on a tour of the http://ecomap.gobat vineyards before inviting them to witness the process of making of umi.com/ wine and to taste various wines. The multifunctional building accommodates a marani (wine cellar), degustation rooms, a http://welcomebatu restaurant and a wine shop. The degustation room located at the mi.com/index.php?rf ground floor is designed in oriental style and decorated with =text2&m1=9&m2=4 traditional Georgian elements. The same floor accommodates wine 1&type=4&tid=139&l collection and storage, where wine is stored in oak barrels. Here the ang=en&PHPSESSID= visitors can see approximately 200-year old satsnakheli (grape 9a9f1a31b3ab950e23 squeezer). The modern style degustation room located on the upper 0c8d0a7f158d9e#.VLL floor can host about 50 visitors. Between these two floors is a iQXum3h4 restaurant, where one can taste ancient traditional Adjarian dishes together with general Georgian menu in interesting, cozy interior. http://georgianwine.t An open wine cellar with ethnographic details, trout pool and ravel/facilities/adjara demonstration vineyard are built in the yard. In Acharian Wine /khelvachauri/adjaria House the wine is fermented the European way. Recently, the n-wine-house.html company started producing the qvevri (clay jar) wine, but it has not been bottled yet. “Adjarian Wine House” makes pink Chkhaveri and Tsolikouri as well as wine made in qvevri. Here you can also enjoy Chacha (alcohol drink) distilled on the spot and buy ceramics and other souvenirs. Available wines: Porto Franco-Chkhaveri, pink, dry; Tsolikauri 02. Shervashidze Family Shervashidze Family Wine House is located in the village of Pirveli Pirveli Maisi village, Nodar Shervashidze http://georgianwine.t Wine House-Marani Maisi (also known as Saghoreti), in Keda Municipality, 35 km away Keda Municipality, (+995) 593 07 00 88 ravel/facilities/adjara from Batumi and 1.8 km from the central road. A family winery with 6105, Adjara (+995) 599 15 51 25 /keda/nodar- 1 ha of vineyard with different species of grapes produces Province, Georgia shervashidze%E2%80 traditional Adjarian wines- Chkhaveri, Ojaleshi and Tsolikouri. The %99s-wine- cellar is housed on the ground floor of the house built in 1914 in cellar.html traditional Georgian style and is decorated with ethnographic elements – old fireplace and tasting area. Wine is kept in oak http://ecomap.gobat barrels, although the cellar has qvevris. The vineyards cover slopes umi.com/ over a marvelous area in front of the house. Tourists can visit the vineyards and a typical marani (wine cellar) of Adjarian village; participate in grape harvesting; see the special ware used for storing wine: qvevris (clay jars), wooden barrels, botsas (special wine-storing glass ware); as well the traditional grape- processing device – satsnakheli (grape squeezer). At the same time, the visitors can degustate the wine, listen to Georgian folk music, taste Georgian traditional dishes. The cellar can host up to 20 persons. In addition, trekking tours around the nearby area to Saghoreti fortress, Queen Tamar Spring, Tsivasula fortress and Mitsis bridge are offered to tourists year-round. At present the family is not providing overnight stay to guests, but plans to do it in future. 03. Lado Shavishvili’s Lado Shavishvili’s Family Wine House (Marani) and Guesthouse, is Vaio village, Keda Lado Shavishvili [email protected] Winary and located in one of the most beautiful villages of Adjaristskali valley – Municipality, 6102, (+995) 599 78 36 59 Guesthouse Vaio village, 45 km from Batumi and 2 km from the main road. There Adjara Province, http://winetrailtravel is a family winery, known for producing local wines, with Georgia er.com/georgia/lados degustation room which can host 10 visitors simultaneously. The havishvili.php cellar is housed on the ground floor of the house with a large garden and well-groomed vineyards and orchards. The tasting room is in http://ecomap.gobat two sections. To the left is a small bar for tasting and purchasing umi.com/ wines. To the right of the tasting area there is a room decorated with Georgian crafts, particularly wine bottles and clay wine drinking http://georgianwine.t vessels. This second room also serves as an area for a traditional ravel/facilities/adjara Georgian supra. Currently Lado produces 3,000 liters of wine (4,000 /keda/lado- bottles). Here you can taste 4 wine varieties: Saperavi, Chkhaveri, shavishili%E2%80%99 Tsolikauri and Aladasturi. The guesthouse has capacity of 15 beds. s-wine-cellar.html The guests can participate in harvesting and wine making, as well as have master classes in making ‘Ajarian khachapuri’ provided by the hostess. The family also has a hazelnut and vegetable gardens, beehives and fruit orchard with various types of fruits, such as cherries, strawberries, apples, pears, persimmons, etc. which make a part of healthy nutrition offered to the guests. The host can organize fishing, hunting and travelling tours. 04. Makho Wine House Makho Wine House is located in the village of Vaio, on the elevated Vaio village, Keda Malkhaz Gorgiladze http://georgianwine.t (Marani) hill, overlooking the picturesque villages of the valley. The visitors Municipality, 610 , (+995) 591 98 06 58 ravel/facilities/adjara can taste wine made in the Gorgiladze family accompanied with Adjara Province, (+995) 593 35 62 32 /keda/malkhaz- delicious, ecological fruits and vegetables and various Adjarian Georgia gorgiladze%E2%80%9 dishes in the cellar decorated with traditional ornaments. The tour 9s-wine-cellar.html includes wine tasting, visiting of the cellar and vineyard, observing the process of wine making, etc. Makho Wine House produces wine http://ecomap.gobat from the Tsolikouri, Chkhaveri and Aladasturi varieties of grape. umi.com/ Services: • Wine tasting, • Winepress, • Wine sale, • Accommodation, • Georgian Cuisine, • Georgian Folklore. Languages: Georgian, Russian 05. Nuri Sirabidze’s Winery Nuri Sirabidze’s wine cellar is located in the village of Gegelidzeebi, Gegelidzeebi Nuri Sirabidze http://ecomap.gobat and Guesthouse 700 meters from the main highway and 49 km away from Batumi. village, Keda (+995) 593 51 91 28 umi.com/ The family has 130-year-old wine cellar, a marvelous vineyard on the Municipality, 6106, (+995) 790 51 31 91 slope, produces Tsolikouri wine and offers accommodation. The Adjara Province, Fridon Sirabidze principal advantage of the cellar is marvelous vineyard on the slope, Georgia (son) and the way to the cellar, which passes vine gallery, among the lines (+995) 591 98 82 55 of Tsolikouri running on Olikhnari (vines trained to grow up trees). The family offers accommodation for guests in three double bedrooms with three shared bathrooms. The family owns a greenhouse and a small trout farm and offers tourists meals prepared from fresh local products. The guests are offered a tour comprising of wine tasting, visiting cellar and vineyard, witnessing process of making of wine and tasting Adjarian dishes, local dairy products, fruits, vegetables and herbs. This is a perfect place for arranging lunches and dinners for guests at the beautiful place of vine gallery, among the lines of Tsolikouri. The family also organizes trekking and tours by car, as well as provides services for meeting guests at Tbilisi, Kutaisi or Batumi airports. Wine variety: Tsolikauri Languages: Georgian, Russian Black Sea Coast-Guria Wine production in Guria is being developed in the following places: Likhauri, Shemokmedi, Bakhvi, Askana, Chokhtauri, Erketi, Bukistsikhe, Sakvavitske, Sachamiaseri, Partskhma, Aketi, Mamati, Atsana (qvevri making), Chochkhati and Shroma (first map). LSP are located in the villages of Bukistsikhe and Sakvavitske (second map). Qvevri production in Guria: Contemporary qvevri are made in the region of Guria, namely in the village of Atsana. Many craftsmen throughout Georgia specialize in the creation of qvevris, each of whom has their own distinct style and technique. 06. “Iberieli” (Zurab “Iberieli” (or Zurab Topuridze’s Wine Cellar) is located in Guria Sakvavistke village, (+995) 599 58 46 24 [email protected] Topuridze) Wine Cellar Province, in the village of Sakvavistke near Dablatsikhe. Zurab, the Chokhatauri, 4907, owner and winemaker, has 12 ha of vineyards and produces 3,000 Guria Province, http://winetrailtravel liters of wine (5,000 bottles) which he exports to Japan, France and Georgia er.com/georgia/zurab Italy.