TelaVino (Telavi Wine Festival)

Telavi's harvest wine festival in the courtyard of King Erekle II's palace.

WhenAutumn, after the harvest; date announced each year

2026Date to be announced

2027Date to be announced

WhereKakheti

Public holidayNo

TelaviPhoto: Jelger Groeneveld, CC BY 2.0

Since 2014 Telavi has held an autumn wine celebration in the walled royal compound of Batonis Tsikhe, where Erekle II, one of Georgia's best-loved kings, lived in the 18th century. Local wineries pour their new and older vintages, and the programme adds folk music, food stalls and crafts.

Dates are set each year and are not always published far ahead. Telavi is the best base for northern Kakheti, with Alaverdi, Ikalto, Tsinandali and many family cellars nearby.

Tips from your host

Check the Telavi municipality or the national tourism site in September for the date.
Stay at least one night in Telavi to visit cellars the next day.

Where to see it

Photo: Jelger Groeneveld, CC BY 2.0

Cities & TownsTelavi

Kakheti's historic capital and best base for Alaverdi, Ikalto, Shuamta and Tsinandali, with a royal palace and a 900-year-old plane tree.

Photo: Lia Katselashvili, CC BY-SA 4.0

Fortresses & CastlesBatonis Tsikhe (Erekle II Palace)

Walled royal residence in central Telavi, built in the 17th century and rebuilt by King Erekle II, with a palace, chapels and museum.

Last checked Oct 2026 by the Maspindzeli team. Mountain conditions change: ask us before you go.

Tours around TelaVino (Telavi Wine Festival)

Old Tbilisi (Kala)Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0

6 days

Wine ToursFood & Gastronomy

Rtveli Grape Harvest

Spend the Georgian vintage with a Kakhetian family: cut the bunches by hand, tread them in a wooden satsnakheli, pour the juice into qvevri and toast the new wine at a harvest feast.

Easy · WN-06from $1,030 pp

Bodbe MonasteryPhoto: Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0

1 day

Day TripsWine Tours

Kakheti Wine Day Trip

A day in Kakheti's vineyards: Bodbe Monastery, a walk on Sighnaghi's walls, lunch and qvevri wines in a family cellar, and the Tsinandali estate.

Easy · DT-01Cfrom $150 pp

More in October and after

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9 Oct 2027 (expected)Gurjaani Wine Festival

Kakheti's biggest one-day wine festival, with hundreds of wineries pouring in a park in Gurjaani after the harvest.

2027 date expectedWineKakheti

31 Oct – 1 Nov 2026Phazisoba (Poti City Day)

Poti's city festival, named after Phasis, the ancient Greek trading town that stood at the mouth of the Rioni.

2027 date expectedCitySamegrelo & Svaneti

Season: late September to late October, later than KakhetiRtveli in Imereti and Racha

Western Georgia's grape harvest, from Imereti's Tsitska and Tsolikouri to the late-picked Khvanchkara grapes of Racha.

2027 date expectedWineRacha-Lechkhumi