Two nights in Tbilisi's Old Town, two on a qvevri estate in Kakheti. Eight thousand years of winemaking, a 19th-century cookbook dinner at Barbarestan, and the drive home over the Gombori Pass.
Stay
The Blue Fox Hotel, Tbilisi, nights 1–2. Vazisubani Estate, Kakheti, nights 3–4, with its 140-year-old cellar. Alternates: Stamba in Tbilisi; Lopota Lake Resort or Tsinandali Estate in Kakheti.
The days
Day
Eat
Sip
1 — Old Town
Dinner at Keto & Kote, garden terrace
Natural-wine bars: Poliphonia, Sulico
2 — Tbilisi
Signature dinner at Barbarestan
Sommelier-led Georgian grape tasting; Stamba courtyard
3 — to Kakheti via Sighnaghi
Lunch at Pheasant's Tears; mtsvadi cooking class and dinner at the estate
Pheasant's Tears qvevri flight; Bodbe monastery; the estate cellar
4 — Telavi & Tsinandali
Lunch and khinkali workshop at Shumi; dinner at Château Buera, Lopota
Tsinandali Estate museum and oenotheque; Twins Wine Cellar, Napareuli
5 — return over the Gombori Pass
Breakfast at the estate
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What's included
2 nights at The Blue Fox Hotel and 2 nights at Vazisubani Estate
Five winery visits and the cooking class, reserved and prepaid
Signature dinner at Barbarestan
Private driver on days 3, 4 and 5; airport transfers
Cellar Mouse trip notes and restaurant reservations for every meal
Price is per couple, from, in USD. Flights not included. Dates and rates confirmed at booking.
