The Wine Motherland - Kakheti from Tbilisi
Tbilisi, Georgia
Visit Kakheti is especially impressive and various in Summer and Autumn, During this period, its harvest time in Kakheti, called “Rtveli”. This is a process of harvesting and pressing our grapes. It’s some kind of popular feast, everybody is involved in the process and it goes on with general joy and feast. Farmers press out grapes in family, produce Chacha, prepare the Georgian traditional sweet Churchkhela.
If you plan your visit within the period of September-November, we will participate in “Rtveli” and in the process of pressing out grapes and producing “Chacha” with a family method. We’ll take part in the preparation process of “Churchkhela”. We’ll also learn how to prepare the Georgian dishes, we’ll participate in the preparation process of Khinkali, Kachapuri, and other popular Georgian dishes. We’ll also try them. We’ll visit the amazing and beautiful cities of Kakheti: Telavi, Kvareli and the city of love, Signagi.
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If you plan your visit within the period of September-November, we will participate in “Rtveli” and in the process of pressing out grapes and producing “Chacha” with a family method. We’ll take part in the preparation process of “Churchkhela”. We’ll also learn how to prepare the Georgian dishes, we’ll participate in the preparation process of Khinkali, Kachapuri, and other popular Georgian dishes. We’ll also try them. We’ll visit the amazing and beautiful cities of Kakheti: Telavi, Kvareli and the city of love, Signagi.
Day 1
- Meeting at the airport
- Housing at the hotel
- Rest time
- Informal excursion in Tbilisi
- Breakfast
- Visiting Tbilisi: visiting Mtatsminda through the Funicular, the old city- Shardeni, Abanotubani
- The Metekhi Church, the Bridge of Peace
- A walk on the Rustaveli Avenue
- Free time in Tbilisi
- Breakfast
- Departure to Kakheti
- Visiting the dendrology park of Tsinandali and the house museum of the Georgian nobles.
- Trying Georgian wines in the winery-“Shumi”
- Visiting the Wine Museum, acknowledgement of the Georgian wine making technologies
- Housing at hotel in the city of Telavi
- Visiting the city of Telavi
- Breakfast
- Departure to Lagodekhi, visiting the Lagodekhi national reserve, horse-riding tour “Machi Fortress”
- If desired, we can organise a picnic in the reserve (extra 15 EUR per person)
- Free time in the city of Lagodekhi
- Back to the Telavi hotel late in the night
- Breakfast
- Departure to Signagi-the city of love, visiting the Pirosmani Museum
- Back to Tbilisi
- Drive to the airport/Departure
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