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Wine, chacha and alcohol

Where to buy good wine and what it costs, what a qvevri and a drinking horn are, which brandy and chacha to take home and how much alcohol you can carry out.

  • What is chacha, what is it made from, and how strong is it?

    Chacha is a strong Georgian spirit distilled from the grape pomace left over from winemaking.

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  • Which Georgian wine is best, and which should you take home?

    The best Georgian wine depends on your taste, but the most popular to take home are dry reds from the Saperavi grape such as Mukuzani, dry whites like Tsinandali and Rkatsiteli, and semi-sweet Kindzmarauli and Khvanchkara.

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  • What is amber wine in Georgia?

    The Georgian Law on Vine and Wine divides wines by colour into white, amber, rosé and red.

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  • What is the horn Georgians drink wine from called?

    The drinking horn in Georgia is called a kantsi; it is made of animal horn, and the richer ones are decorated with gold and silver.

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  • How many Georgian wines have a protected designation of origin?

    On 11 November 2026 Georgia has 33 protected designations of origin (PDO) for wine.

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  • What is Bolnisi wine?

    Bolnisi is a protected designation of origin for dry white, amber, red and rosé wines from the Bolnisi micro-zone in the south of Kvemo Kartli.

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  • What is Tsarapi wine?

    Tsarapi is a protected designation of origin for dry amber wine from Rkatsiteli, from the Tsarapi micro-zone inside the Kardenakhi micro-zone in the Gurjaani region of Kakheti.

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  • What is Akhmeta (Akhmetis Mtsvane) wine?

    Akhmeta (Akhmetis Mtsvane) is a protected designation of origin for white and amber wine based on Kakhuri Mtsvane from a micro-zone in the Akhmeta municipality of Kakheti.

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  • What is Saperavi Khashmi wine?

    Saperavi Khashmi is a protected designation of origin for dry red wine made only from Saperavi grown in the Khashmi micro-zone of the Sagarejo municipality in Kakheti.

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  • What is Zegaani wine?

    Zegaani is a protected designation of origin for dry red qvevri wine made from Saperavi in the village of Zegaani on the Gombori Range.

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  • What is Okureshis Usakhelouri wine?

    Okureshis Usakhelouri is a protected designation of origin for red wine made only from Usakhelouri grapes from a micro-zone in the Tsageri municipality of Racha-Lechkhumi.

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  • What is Sviri wine?

    Sviri is a protected designation of origin for dry white wine from Tsolikouri, Tsitska and/or Krakhuna grapes grown in the Sviri micro-zone of Outer Imereti.

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  • What is Tibaani wine?

    Tibaani is a protected designation of origin for dry amber wine made mainly from Rkatsiteli in the Tibaani micro-zone of Inner Kakheti.

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  • What is Kotekhi wine?

    Kotekhi is a protected designation of origin for wine from the right bank of the Alazani, covering dry white from Rkatsiteli and dry red from Saperavi.

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  • What is Manavi wine?

    Manavi is a protected designation of origin for dry white wine made only from Kakhuri Mtsvane grown in the Manavi micro-zone of the Sagarejo district in Kakheti.

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  • What is Kardenakhi wine?

    Kardenakhi is a protected designation of origin for wine from the Kardenakhi micro-zone in the Gurjaani region of Kakheti, mainly dry amber wine made from Rkatsiteli.

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