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Four doors into Georgia — all of them open

Wine that predates the pyramids. Feasts that turn into song. Mountains that end conversations. History you can touch. Start anywhere — they all lead to the same place: the real Georgia.

Four pillars hold everything we do: wine journeys through the world’s oldest cellars, culinary travel built around the supra table, trekking and horseback adventures across the high Caucasus, and cultural tours through history that is still very much alive. Every journey below is an inspiration, not a package — a starting point we shape around you, across Georgia and, when the road calls, into Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Come for the wine and we’ll sneak in a mountain pass; come for the trek and you’ll leave knowing your qvevri from your chacha.

4

experience pillars

2012

curating journeys since

3

countries — Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

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ways to combine them

The four pillars

Where does your Georgia begin?

Qvevri wine cellar

Amber Journeys

The world’s oldest wine culture — qvevri cellars, harvests & their makers

Baking bread in a tone oven

Food for Soul

Gastronomy, supra & song — a cuisine the world is discovering

High peaks of the Caucasus mountains

Into the Wild

Trekking, horseback & high places the road barely reaches

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Svan towers · Gelati ·
frescoes · cave city
[from your archive]

Culture & History

Living traditions, ancient stones — a neighbourhood, not a museum

Most journeys blend the pillars — wine with wild, feast with fresco.
Tell us what moves you; we’ll do the weaving.

Hands-on, when you want it

Roll up your sleeves

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supra cooking

Cook a supra with home cooks

Year-round

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tone bakery

Bake bread in a tone oven

Year-round

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rtveli grapes

Pick & press at the rtveli

Sep – Oct

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tasting glasses

Blind-taste amber wines

Year-round

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loom · Alvani

Weave with the Alvani masters

On request

Silk cocoons at Lamara's

Spin silk at Lamara’s house

Seasonal [confirm]

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singers

Learn a polyphonic song

Year-round

Horseback riding

Ride out from Lost Ridge

Year-round

Village harvest in the highlands

Harvest with a village family

Summer – autumn

A taste of the doing list — drag to browse. Some are seasonal; we time your journey so your favourites are on. [activities & availability to confirm]

Special Interest

Obsessed with something specific?

Horse cart in flowering fields

Photography

Georgian polyphonic singers performing

Polyphony

Cliff monastery rocks

Archaeology

Silk craftswoman

Textiles

Wine tasting study session in a Georgian cellar

Wine Study

Botany, birding, architecture, film — if it fascinates you, it’s a journey. The full list lives on the Special Interest page.

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When to come

Georgia, season by season

April – June

Spring

Valleys turn green, tables move outdoors — walking weather at its kindest.

July – September

Summer

The high passes open: Tusheti, Svaneti, horseback and mountain trails.

September – November

Autumn

Rtveli — the grape harvest. Kakheti turns gold and every cellar sings.

December – March [confirm]

Winter

The Winter Collection — snow-bound towers, fireside supra, empty slopes.

A Svan host at her door

The other half of the story

Every journey runs on people

“Our guide was deeply connected to the local communities we visited… we fell quickly in love with your beautiful country!”

— Alexandra Roscheck · Venice, Italy

Read on TripAdvisor →

Don’t pick a pillar.
Pick a feeling.

Can’t choose a door? That’s exactly what tailor-made means. Tell us what you’re curious about — we’ll build the journey around it.

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