Producers
Shumi Winery
Wine company Shumi is one of the leading producers of high-quality Georgian wines. The company winery is located in Tsinandali, the centre of viticulture and wine-making in Georgia. Their premises border with a national park-museum, once belonging to the famous Georgian poet and public figure of 19th century, Prince Aleksandre Chavchavadze. Prince Chavchavadze was the founder of the first winery in Georgia. Shumi owns vineyards in unique micro-zones, famous for their geographic locations, climate conditions and are steeped in a rich heritage of wine-making and viticulture. The main advantage of the Wine company Shumi is a full cycle of production in a so called “closed cycle”, simply meaning they alone handle all stages of wine-making, from growing and harvesting grapes to producing and bottling the finished wine in brand-name bottles and releasing it through distinguished trading outlets with impeccable reputation. Since 2004 Wine Company Shumi has collaborated with the famous French winemaker Jean Michel Ferrandez who is closely working with Shumi's young talented and experienced wine-maker Goga Khatiashvili. Thanks to this collaboration, Shumi's wines are regularly winning many awards at international wine challenges and competitions. Shumi is the first and the only company in Georgia to establish a Vine and Wine museum dedicated to Georgia’s multi-century history of viticulture and wine-making. Their oldest artefact is 6000 years old. The collection vineyard “Vazioni” contains over 1000 grape varieties, from which over 500 are Georgian indigenous varieties, some of which had become exceptionally rare in modern Georgia. In addition, “Vazioni” has 500 foreign grape varieties that come from all over of the world, that mean this vineyard boasts one of the largest private collections in the world.
Wine Man
Meet WINE MAN , the latest addition to our ever expanding wine list from the amazing wine producers of Georgia. The Wine Man, in-spite of being the most contemporary wine producer in our portfolio, has roots back in the 19th century and their name is associated to Prince Alexander M Jorjadze (1855-1918), who was one of the noble winemakers of the period in Georgia. The company Wine Man was re-born in 1998 by the Jorjadze family and is now successfully run by Sandro Jorjadze and his daughters Tinatin and Ketevan. Inspite of Wine Man’s wines being relatively new to the British market they have already became very popular and we receive continuous praise for their superb wines.
Lukasi Winery
Lukasi winery is a small boutique company specialising in producing fine unique Georgian wines. Lukasi engaged the highly recognised wine-maker Zura Goletiani and released their first vintage in 2013. Their exquisite Saperavi has won praise from Jancis Robinson MW and featured in Monocle Magazine and Wine Enthusiast Magazine winning the Best Buy Award, receiving the very high score of 91 points. Lukasi Saperavi Family Reserve 2014 won a Gold Medal at the Mundus Vini Summer Tasting 2018. The company is expanding its range and adding more wines to their production wines such as Kisi, Tvishi, Chkhaveri and Usakhelauri and Taste of Georgia is looking forward to importing these fine wines to the UK.
GVino
GVino Meet the brothers Vakho and Giorgi from GVino Khutsaidze Vineyards.Vakho and Giorgo Khutsaidze make their Qvevri wines following their ancestors 8000 year old method - the oldest winemaking method in the world.The brothers belong to a group of young and progressive winemakers in Georgia who show respect to their heritage by following the old traditions and at the same time using modern twists to produce distinguished, subtle and delicious wines.
Baia's Wine
Young sisters Baia and Gvantsa quickly became well known names in Georgia and already outside of their homeland when, in their early 20’s, they decided to continue with their family traditions of wine making in a beautiful village Optcha in the Imereti region of Georgia. The girls followed their father and grandfather’s passion to grow grapes in their family vineyards and make exquisite wines according to the Georgian traditional wine making method in Churi – Churi is how western Georgians, particularly Imeretians, call Qvevri. Baia is making typical Imerietian wines from grapes Tsitska, Tsolikauri and Krakhuna, she also blends these white grapes and is producing Imeretian light and lively amber wines, whilst Gvantsa is making red Georgian wines Otskhanuri Sapere, Aladasturi and Ojaleshi. In 2019, Baia was named in the Forbes’ 30 Under 30. Read her article in Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2019/02/12/meet-the-25-year-old-georgian-winemaker-named-to-forbes-2019-30-under-30-europe-list/#1c73c8283f53 The Village of Obcha in Western Georgia boasts a unique micro-climate, located east of the Sairme Mountains, which receives a slightly higher angle of the sun’s rays with a greater solar intensity. At 324 meters above sea level, the Land offers an ideal location for growing premium wine grapes. The perfect balance of geography, micro-climate and well-drained soil come together to create the perfect environment for Bais’s exquisitely handcrafted wines. The heavy cold air that collects between the high peaks during the night drains off the heights, much like water, joining cold moist air, creating a double cooling effect. The cool night time temperatures are critical in developing high quality grapes. The alluvial soil, with clay, gravel, sand and limestone have another significant influence on wine quality. The limestone offers good drainage in the wet years, retaining much needed moisture in the dry vintages, while adding various mineral elements to the soils, which transfer to the gorgeous grapes.
Matrobela
Matrobela Wines Matrobela winery is situated in a charming village called Kisiskhevi near Telavi in Kakheti. Matrobela Wines was established in 2015 by Irakli Topuria with a clear vision of making high quality wine in limited capacity. While looking for ta wine-maker for Matrobela, Irakli favoured Temuri Dakishvili, a gifted representative of the young generation of Georgian wine-makers, who in spite of his young age has extensive vision of contemporary wine-making status as well as deep knowledge of traditional Georgian wine-making heritage. Matrobela owns their vineyards and produces 35-40k litres of wine, mainly by using their grapes nurtured in their vineyards. They produce both European style and traditional qvevri wines in their Marani (Georgian cellar).Matrobela owns 10 qvevris, each capable of holding 1.8-ton of wine and they are all been used to full capacity. Matrobela sells their wines in Georgia and exports to UK, Poland, Czech Republic and China.
Babaneuri
Babaneuri is a small boutique winery, located in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountain range, within sight of the major historic and cultural sites of Kakheti. The estate is owned by the Idoidze family. They only produce qvevri wine from the grapes grown in their 11 hectares vineyard, looked after and nurtured by the family themselves. They do not buy the grapes externally as they believe and boast that only the high-quality wine can be made from the grapes that are looked after by wine-makers themselves. Production is not huge, but quality is one of the best in Georgia. They also run a small but stunning hotel on the Estate.