Georgia wine and food tours: Kakheti, qvevri and the supra

Which wine and food tour of Georgia is best?

The best wine and food tour of Georgia for most travellers is Eat This! Tours’ Wake Up in Wine Country, because its two days in Kakheti bring a night among the vineyards, family cellars, a supra with a tamada, and lunch and dinner on both days, with the wine, in the price. The eight-day food trip wins for a first visit with every hotel booked, and the three days for wine lovers for a group that wants 35 or more wines.

Best for wine and food in two days
Two days in Kakheti2 days, up to 8about£318a person for 2 guests1,100 GEL Book See the trip
Best for a first trip, every hotel booked
Eight-day food trip8 days, up to 12from£1,495a person sharing a room Book See the trip
Best for serious wine lovers
Three days for wine lovers3 days, privateabout£521a person for 4 guests1,800 GEL Book See the trip

Sighnaghi, over the Alazani plain
Pick 1 of 3Travellers with two days for wine and food
Two days in Kakheti
about£318a person for 2 guests, 1,100 GEL
Book with Eat This!
Wake Up in Wine Country: 2-day Kakheti food and wine tour. Run by Eat This! Tours.
Family cellars, a supra with a tamada and a night in wine country, with lunch, dinner and the wine included.
You book the Telavi hotel yourself, and a full refund needs more than 14 days' notice.
- 2 days10:45 on day 1 to about 20:30 on day 2
- Up to 8in a small shared group
- 20+ winesover two days, by the operator's count
- 4 mealslunch and dinner both days, with wine
Day by dayDay 1 to Day 2
1. Day 1Wine pairing lunch, Sighnaghi, a family cellar, a supra with a tamada; night in Telavi
2. Day 2Telavi market, a khinkali lesson, Alaverdi, a qvevri maker and dinner at a vineyard
Why it's great, and who should skip it
Why it's great
- A supra with a tamada at a small home winery on the first night, after qvevri wines on a family's terrace.
- A khinkali lesson at a family micro-winery, a qvevri maker's workshop and dinner at a vineyard on day 2.
- In September and October day 2 becomes a harvest day, picking and treading grapes with a winemaking family.
- Never more than 8 guests, and a couple's price is the most they pay: it falls as the date fills.
Skip it if
- It is your first trip to Georgia and you want every hotel booked and the mountains too: the Eight-day food trip.
- You have one day, or want to cancel up to 24 hours ahead: see our Kakheti wine tours.
- You travel with children: the operator asks families to book the private version.
In the price
- Lunch and dinner on both days, with wine: a 4 or 5 course pairing lunch, a family supra, a light lunch, dinner at a vineyard
- At least 10 kinds of wine, and 20 or more wines over the two days by the operator's count
- A khinkali lesson at a family micro-winery and a qvevri maker's workshop
- A driver-guide, hotel pickup in central Tbilisi and entry fees
- In September and October, a harvest day with a winemaking family in place of day 2's market
Not in the price
- Your hotel night in Telavi or Tsinandali (the operator suggests hotels from a guesthouse to 5 stars)
- Tips (the operator suggests about £26 (90 GEL) a day per group)
- Travel insurance
CancellationFull refund more than 14 days before; the deposit is kept from 8 to 14 days; 50% charged within 7 days, or only the deposit if others take your places; 100% within 36 hours
Price checked 29 September 2026.
Gergeti Trinity Church, Kazbegi
Pick 2 of 3First visits with every night booked
Eight-day food trip
from£1,495a person sharing a room
Book with Intrepid Travel
Georgia Real Food Adventure (8 days). Run by Intrepid Travel.
Georgia's food from Tbilisi to Kazbegi in eight days, with every hotel, 16 meals and the lessons booked.
A food trip more than a wine trip: one night in Kakheti and a single qvevri cellar.
- 8 days7 nights, Tbilisi to Tbilisi
- Up to 12in a small group with a trip leader
- 16 meals7 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 5 dinners
- Hotelsevery night booked, one in a guesthouse
Day by dayDay 1 to Day 8
1. Day 1Tbilisi: welcome meeting at 18:00, then dinner with Adjarian khachapuri
2. Day 2Old town, Narikala and Dezerter Bazaar, then lunch of lobio and pkhali
3. Day 3Sighnaghi, a barbecue lunch with a family, churchkhela and a qvevri cellar
4. Day 4Telavi market and a cheesemaker, then a Kist cooking class in Pankisi
5. Day 5Kist villages of the Pankisi Valley, Ananuri fortress, on to Gudauri
6. Day 6The walk up to Gergeti Trinity Church, then a khinkali class with a family
7. Day 7Jvari and Svetitskhoveli at Mtskheta, then a farewell dinner in Tbilisi
8. Day 8The trip ends after breakfast
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Why it's great, and who should skip it
Why it's great
- Hands-on lessons all week: mtsvadi and churchkhela with a Kakheti family, Kist dishes in Pankisi, khinkali in Kazbegi.
- The country's highlights on the way: Tbilisi's old town, Sighnaghi, Telavi market, Ananuri and the walk to Gergeti.
- A night with a Kist family in the Pankisi Valley, descendants of highland Chechens, and their own cooking.
- Every hotel booked and a trip leader handling the logistics, priced in pounds from £1,495.
Skip it if
- You came mainly for the wine: Two days in Kakheti or Three days for wine lovers pour far more of it.
- You are vegetarian or vegan: many of the set meals and lessons centre on meat.
- You travel with children under 15, the trip's minimum age.
In the price
- 6 hotel nights and 1 night with a Kist family in the Pankisi Valley
- 16 meals: 7 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 5 dinners
- Cooking lessons and demonstrations with families in Kakheti, Pankisi and Kazbegi
- A visit to a qvevri wine master in Kakheti, and a cheesemaker near Telavi
- A trip leader, local guides along the way and a private vehicle for the group
Not in the price
- Flights
- The meals not listed in the itinerary
- Optional extras, such as a sulphur bath in Tbilisi
CancellationThe deposit is kept as a credit for another trip if you cancel 56 or more days before; 30% charged from 31 to 55 days, 60% from 15 to 30 days, 100% within 14 days
Price checked 29 September 2026.
Tsinandali Estate, Kakheti
Pick 3 of 3Groups of 4 or more who know their wine
Three days for wine lovers
about£521a person for 4 guests, 1,800 GEL
Book with Eat This!
The Vintner's Table: 3-day wine connoisseur's tour. Run by Eat This! Tours.
35 or more wines from at least 14 grapes, from a natural-wine family to two 19th-century estates.
Private for 4 or more, hotels extra, and not every winery on the plan is promised for your dates.
- 3 days2 nights in Telavi or Tsinandali
- Privatefor 4 to 15, your own driver-guide
- 35+ winesfrom at least 14 grapes
- 6 mealslunch and dinner all three days
Day by dayDay 1 to Day 3
1. Day 1Jvari, the Reserve Royal tasting at Mukhrani, a winemaker's lunch, then a family winery
2. Day 2A qvevri maker's workshop, lunch with a winemaker, Vazisubani Estate, dinner at a winery
3. Day 3A side-by-side tasting, Sighnaghi, more cellars and a final supra with a tamada
Why it's great, and who should skip it
Why it's great
- Two wine regions, Kartli and Kakheti, and at least 10 appellations, so you taste what place does to a grape.
- The Reserve Royal tasting at Chateau Mukhrani, then five wines at Vazisubani Estate that can span two or three regions.
- Winemakers host several of the meals, from a natural-wine family near Akhmeta to a full supra on the last night.
- Your group's own car and driver-guide, and children are welcome because the tour is private.
Skip it if
- You are two, or watching the budget: Two days in Kakheti runs shared dates for far less.
- You want the food and the mountains as much as the wine: the Eight-day food trip.
In the price
- Lunch and dinner all three days, several hosted by winemakers, and a final supra with a tamada
- The Reserve Royal tasting at Chateau Mukhrani and five wines at Vazisubani Estate
- A qvevri maker's workshop and a khinkali class at a family winery
- Your own driver-guide, hotel pickup in central Tbilisi and entry fees
Not in the price
- Your two hotel nights in Telavi or Tsinandali
- Tips (the operator suggests about £26 (90 GEL) a day per group)
- Travel insurance
CancellationCounts as a custom tour: a 20% deposit (at least about £72, 250 GEL) is not refunded; 50% charged within 7 days and 100% within 36 hours
Price checked 29 September 2026.

How much does a wine and food tour of Georgia cost?

A wine and food tour of Georgia costs from about £230 (795 GEL) a person for two days in Kakheti to £1,495 for eight days with every hotel booked; the private three days for wine lovers cost about £434 to £521 (1,500 to 1,800 GEL) a person, hotels extra.

Rows of vines running to a line of cypresses at Akhasheni, Kakheti, in June — What one person pays on each tour by the size of your group, on prices checked 29 September 2026. Two-day prices are the most you pay and fall as a date fills.

Private, small group or on your own?

A private trip gives you your own guide and driver, a small group shares them, and on your own you book cellars, rooms and a driver yourself. Wine and food is one theme among multi-day tours of Georgia; the others trade cellars for mountain trails or a family pace.

Six questions to ask before you book a wine and food tour

Which nights are in the price, and where do you sleep?
How many cellars a day, and are they family cellars or large wineries?
Which meals are included, and is there a supra with a tamada?
Do you cook yourself, or watch a demonstration?
How many people share the vehicle and the table?
Until when can you cancel, and is the deposit refunded?

Can you tour Georgia’s wine country without a guide?

Yes. Wineries and family cellars in Kakheti receive visitors, and Sighnaghi and Telavi can be reached from Tbilisi by minibus or shared taxi. Call a small family cellar ahead rather than turning up, and book a driver for the day, because a day of tastings and a car do not mix.

What will you taste and eat?

You will taste wines made from Georgian grapes, many of them made in qvevri, and eat at tables where many dishes are shared at once. The picks differ most in how much of the time goes to wine, to cooking and to the table.

Qvevriwine fermented in clay jars buried in the ground, poured on all three tours
Supraa feast of many dishes, led by a tamada who gives the toastsTwo days in Kakheti: first nightEight-day food trip: not listedThree days for wine lovers: last night
Cookinglessons where you make the food yourselfTwo days in Kakheti: khinkaliEight-day food trip: four lessonsThree days for wine lovers: khinkali
Nightswhere you sleep, and whether the price covers itTwo days in Kakheti: 1, you book itEight-day food trip: all 7 bookedThree days for wine lovers: 2, you book them

Which Georgian wines will you taste?

In Kakheti, expect Saperavi, the country’s main red grape, and the white grapes Rkatsiteli, Kisi and Mtsvane. Some wines carry the name of a place. Mukuzani is a dry red from Saperavi, Kindzmarauli a semi-sweet red from Saperavi, and Tsinandali a dry white. Khvanchkara, a semi-sweet red, comes from Racha in the west.

What is qvevri wine?

Qvevri wine is fermented and aged in egg-shaped clay jars buried in the ground. The juice goes in with the skins, stalks and pips, and the jar is sealed so the wine can ferment for 5 to 6 months before it is drunk. White grapes made this way turn amber. UNESCO inscribed the method on its intangible heritage list in 2013.

What is a supra?

A supra is a Georgian feast led by a tamada, the toastmaster, who proposes the toasts in order through the meal. Expect khachapuri (cheese bread), khinkali (dumplings), pkhali (vegetables pounded with walnuts), lobio (beans), aubergine rolled with walnut paste and grilled meat, with churchkhela, walnuts threaded on string and dipped in thickened grape juice, to finish.

When is the best time for a wine tour of Georgia?

September and October are the best months for a wine tour of Georgia, because that is when the grapes are picked and the new wine goes into the qvevri. All three picks run then, and the two-day tour turns its second day into a harvest day.

Months each wine and food tour runs, and the harvest, checked 29 September 2026

Can you join the grape harvest?

Yes. Rtveli, the harvest holiday, traditionally falls in late September in the east and mid October in the west, and in those weeks you can join the harvest for a day, picking grapes with a family before the feast.

Is it worth going outside the harvest?

Yes. Outside the harvest, cellars pour the previous year’s wine, and spring and early summer are milder than July and August, when Tbilisi averages daily highs of about 31°C.

Wine and food tour questions

What is the best wine tour to take from Tbilisi?

For a short stay, the best wine tour from Tbilisi is a single day in Kakheti with a driver, about 1.5 to 2 hours each way by road. A multi-day tour gives you nights in the wine country, so you can taste without watching the clock and eat a supra without the drive back.

Is a wine and food tour of Georgia suitable for vegetarians?

Yes, if you say so when you book. The Georgian table has many dishes without meat, such as pkhali, lobio, aubergine with walnuts, mushrooms and cheese breads. Both Eat This! tours offer vegetarian food if you ask at booking; the eight-day food trip’s set meals and lessons centre more on meat.

Can I bring Georgian wine home to the UK?

Yes, within the allowance. Arriving in Great Britain from outside the UK, travellers aged 17 or over can bring 18 litres of still wine without paying tax or duty (gov.uk, checked 24 September 2026). Above that you must declare it and pay on all of it.

Do I need travel insurance for a wine tour of Georgia?

Yes. The UK government’s travel advice, checked 24 September 2026, says every visitor to Georgia needs health and accident cover of at least 30,000 lari for the whole stay.

How we picked

We compared the multi-day wine and food tours of Georgia that local operators sell direct, those of international small-group companies and those on GetYourGuide, and checked every price, departure, itinerary and cancellation term on the operators’ own pages and booking calculators on 29 September 2026. The test for each pick was how much of the trip is spent at the table and in family cellars rather than in the car, which nights and meals the price covers, and how late you can change your plans.

Georgia wine and food tours