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The 3-Day Kakheti Wine and Food Tour is a private trip from Tbilisi through Kakheti, Georgia's main wine region in the South Caucasus. Over three days you taste at both family-run wineries and larger wine estates, see the qvevri method that UNESCO recognizes as intangible cultural heritage, and visit the region's cultural landmarks — Tsinandali Estate, Gremi Fortress, the hilltop town of Sighnaghi and Bodbe Monastery — with traditional Georgian meals paired with local wine.
Three days is enough to go well beyond a day trip at a balanced pace, with tastings alongside food, old towns and quiet cultural sites — so it suits wine lovers and first-time visitors to Kakheti alike, on its own or as part of a longer route through Georgia. You stay two nights in Telavi, in the heart of the region, so daily drives stay short and you unpack once. Along the way you meet two kinds of producer: family wineries, where wine is still made in buried qvevri and hosted around a home table, and larger estates such as Tsinandali and Khareba — a contrast that's part of what makes the three days interesting.
Because it's private, the tour runs only for your group, with your own guide-driver, and the route, hotels and pace can be shaped around what you want. Hikasus Travel is a local team based in Georgia and handles the transport, hotels, guiding and logistics, so you can focus on the wine, food and the drive.
You leave Tbilisi behind and cross into Kakheti over the Gombori Pass, visit the Tsinandali Estate, and have lunch and a tasting at a family winery before settling into Telavi for two nights.
You leave Tbilisi in the morning and head east into Kakheti over the Gombori Pass, a mountain road that eases you into the region's rural landscapes. Around midday you reach the Tsinandali Estate, a 19th-century estate with landscaped gardens, its own winery and a long winemaking history. From there you stop at a family-run winery for a traditional Georgian lunch paired with wines made on site. In the evening you arrive in Telavi and check in for the first of two nights.
A full day of traditional winemaking and local culture: qvevri wine in Vardisubani, a tasting in Khareba's rock-cut tunnels, the medieval Gremi Fortress, and a home-style dinner in Napareuli.
The day starts in the village of Vardisubani, where families still ferment wine in qvevris — large clay vessels set into the ground — for a close look at a method that goes back thousands of years. Next is Khareba Winery, where the tasting takes place inside tunnels carved into the rock. You then visit Gremi Fortress, a 16th-century royal citadel that overlooks the Alazani Valley. The day closes in the village of Napareuli with a traditional dinner and locally made wine, before you return to your hotel in Telavi.
Your last day takes in Batonistsikhe Castle in Telavi, the hilltop town of Sighnaghi and Bodbe Monastery, with a final tasting before the drive back to Tbilisi.
You begin at Batonistsikhe Castle, a former royal residence in Telavi, with time to walk through the town. From there you drive to Sighnaghi, a walled hilltop town of cobbled streets and painted houses known as the "City of Love," with wide views over the Alazani Valley. Nearby is Bodbe Monastery, a quiet complex set among cypress trees. Before heading back, you share a final dinner and wine tasting at a local winery, then return to Tbilisi.
A boutique hotel set in a restored historic villa in central Telavi, with Moorish archways, a rooftop sunroom and a courtyard swimming pool. Part of the Communal Hotels family, it pairs preserved period architecture with a lively poolside bar and a relaxed, sociable atmosphere in the heart of the Kakheti wine region.
A smart, eco-friendly boutique hotel that opened in 2021, blending Georgian tradition with contemporary design across 14 individually styled rooms. Kviria has its own winery and poolside bar, a landscaped garden and a seasonal outdoor pool, a short drive from central Telavi.
A vineyard hotel in the village of Ruispiri, a few kilometres from Telavi, welcoming guests since 2018. Hotel Arge has its own wine cellar for tastings, an outdoor pool and a garden restaurant, with most rooms opening onto balconies that look out over the Alazani Valley and the Greater Caucasus.
An intimate hotel in central Telavi with seventeen comfortable rooms, a seasonal outdoor pool and a leafy garden. The on-site restaurant serves Georgian and European dishes alongside local Kakhetian wines, and the relaxed communal lounge makes it an easy base for exploring the old town.
A welcoming family-run villa in a quiet, green setting about five minutes from central Telavi. Rooms open onto balconies with sweeping views of the Alazani Valley and the Caucasus peaks, and guests can unwind by the outdoor pool, in the garden or on the terrace after a day in the vineyards.
A small vineyard guesthouse in the village of Ikalto near Telavi, where the host family makes its own organic wine in a traditional marani. Surrounded by vines with a garden and outdoor pool, Chateau Orberi offers warm, home-style Kakhetian hospitality a short drive from the historic Ikalto Monastery.
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