Kakheti Wine Country Day Trip

Georgia didn't just make wine — it invented it, eight thousand years ago, in the clay qvevri vessels still buried in Kakheti's cellars today. This easy day out from Tbilisi is the delicious proof. You'll drop into the sun-soaked eastern valleys, taste amber and red wines poured straight from the qvevri by the families who made them, and understand why UNESCO protects this method as living heritage.

Between tastings you'll wander Sighnaghi, a pastel hilltop town wrapped in 18th-century walls with views clear across the Alazani valley to the Caucasus, and visit the serene Bodbe Monastery. Lunch in Sighnaghi is a long Georgian affair — grilled meats, garden vegetables, fresh bread, more wine — and you pay for it on the spot, as it isn't included in the tour price. Come hungry.