Lost Ridge Ranch & Brewery
Stay. Taste. Ride.
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Lost Ridge · Qedeli, Kakheti
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Our home in the hills
A ranch, a brewery, and a way of life
Lost Ridge is where Living Roots stops being a journey and becomes a place: an inn, craft brewery and riding ranch on a crest above the village of Qedeli, just outside Sighnaghi — overlooking the Alazani Valley and the Caucasus beyond.
It runs on its neighbours — around 70% of the team are local, most of them women and young people — and it’s where we co-developed Georgia’s first equestrian guide training program. It all began in 2012 with a horse ranch; today it is a six-room boutique inn, a three-barrel microbrewery with an outdoor fire kitchen, the 19th-century Archaeology Suite, the Piruza Cottage and a terrace cafe.
70%
local employment — women & youth
1st
equestrian guide program in Georgia
20
horses · 6 rooms · small-batch ales
How it began
From a horse ranch to a whole hillside
It started in 2012 with a string of horses and a crest of land above Qedeli, a near-forgotten village outside Sighnaghi. The idea was simple: give travellers a real reason to slow down in the Alazani Valley — and give the village a reason to stay.
A ranch became an inn. A love of good beer became a three-barrel brewery and an outdoor fire kitchen. Old buildings came back to life — the 19th-century Archaeology Suite, the Piruza Cottage, a terrace cafe. And along the way, Lost Ridge co-developed Georgia’s first training programme for equestrian guides.
Today it’s Living Roots’ home in the hills — where we test everything we preach about travelling well.
Three good reasons
Stay. Taste. Ride.
Stay
Six rooms with a view
A small boutique inn — six rooms, the 19th-century Archaeology Suite and the Piruza Cottage — all looking out over the valley to the Caucasus. Woodsmoke, quiet, and a garden that feeds the kitchen.
Taste
SVIA ales & the fire kitchen
A three-barrel microbrewery pouring small-batch SVIA ales — a rare thing in wine country — alongside suppers cooked over open fire from the gardens and neighbouring farms. Georgia, from a different glass.
Ride
Into the valley on horseback
Trail rides for complete beginners and confident riders alike, led by guides trained here through Georgia’s first equestrian guide programme. An hour before breakfast, or a full day into the hills.
What’s important
A place that gives back
70%
Local — women & youth
Around seven in ten of the team come from nearby villages, most of them women and young people building careers where there were few.
First
Guides trained here
Georgia’s first equestrian guide-training programme was co-developed at Lost Ridge — skills that stay in the valley.
Farm-fed
From the land around
Gardens, neighbouring farms and small producers feed the kitchen and the brewery — low-impact, seasonal and honest.
“We stayed at Lost Ridge Inn, Sighnaghi, for three nights, which was lovely… lots of Georgian wine and food tastings, and Living Roots makes sure local people benefit from tourism.”
13exotictraveller · London — TripAdvisor
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