Kakheti Wine Tour from Tbilisi: Bread, Wine & Sighnaghi

Bake bread, taste wine, walk a hilltop fortress above Georgia's vineyards

This full-day class from Tbilisi combines hands-on food-making with wine heritage in Kakheti, Georgia's wine region. You'll bake traditional Kakhetian bread in Badiauri, explore the hilltop town of Sighnaghi and its defensive walls, visit Bodbe Monastery, and taste regional wines and chacha in a family-owned cellar while learning about the 8,000-year-old qvevri fermentation method. A live guide in English or Russian leads the group through eight hours of landscape, history and local tradition.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Kakheti wine region and Sighnaghi

• Taste and make traditional Kakhetian bread
• Explore historic town of Sighnaghi
• Visit St. Nino monastery in Bodbe
• Walk Sighnaghi’s defensive wall and view valley
• Tour traditional wine cellar and taste wines

The experience

If you have a free day in Tbilisi and want to step outside the city, this tour moves you through Kakheti without requiring your own car or advance wine knowledge. The day starts in Badiauri, where you make Kakhetian bread from scratch (the kind baked in traditional clay ovens) before moving on to Sighnaghi, a hilltop town with cobblestone streets and colorful wooden balconies that sits above endless vineyards. The fortress walls that ring the town offer panoramic views of the Alazani Valley and the Caucasus Mountains, and this is where most travelers stop to photograph the landscape.

Between the town and the views, you'll visit Bodbe Monastery, where a healing spring and flower gardens sit on the grounds, and the monastery's history is tied to Georgia's adoption of Christianity. The real substance of the day, though, is in the final stop: a traditional family-owned wine cellar where fermentation happens in large clay vessels (qvevri) buried underground. A method Georgia has used for 8,000 years. You taste the wines and chacha, a grape spirit, while the cellar owner or a family member walks you through how the process works and what makes Georgian winemaking distinct. This is not a tasting room. It's someone's working cellar, and the difference shows.

The tour runs eight hours and includes transportation from Tbilisi, a guide who speaks English or Russian, and 40 kilograms of luggage space per person. You also make churchkhela (a traditional Georgian candy) at some point during the day. Food and drink at the restaurant are separate from the tour price and depend on what you order. The guide is live, not a recording, and the group size stays small enough that you can ask questions without shouting.

What’s included

• Transportation from Tbilisi.
• a live guide in English or Russian.
• bread-baking masterclass in Badiauri.
• churchkhela making.
• wine and chacha tasting at a family cellar.
• free time to explore Sighnaghi and walk the fortress walls.
• entry to Bodbe Monastery.
• 40 kilograms of luggage space per person.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 09:00

Book up toStart time

AgesAdult (10 to 85 years) · Child (under 10)

GroupUp to 17

Live guideEnglish and Russian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Paid on siteUS$ 7

Prices and times updated 6 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot recommended with heart problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Dream Tours

Is this one for you?The guide speaks English or Russian live, so you follow the commentary and ask questions in real time. This works for anyone comfortable with a full day on foot and in a vehicle, moving between five stops without a fixed schedule at each one.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Russian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (under 10).

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What is the qvevri method and why does it matter for Georgian wine?

The qvevri is a large clay vessel buried underground where wine ferments and ages for months or years. Georgia has used this method for 8,000 years, and it shapes the flavor and texture of the wine in ways that modern stainless steel tanks do not. During the cellar visit, you'll see the vessels and taste the result.

Can I actually make the bread myself, or do I just watch?

You make it yourself in Badiauri. The tour includes a bread-baking masterclass where you work with the dough and learn the traditional technique used for Kakhetian bread.

How much time do I spend in Sighnaghi itself?

The itinerary gives you free time to walk the old town, explore the streets and balconies, and take photographs from the fortress walls. The exact duration is not fixed, but it is built into the eight-hour day so you are not rushed through.

Is Bodbe Monastery a working monastery, or is it a museum?

Bodbe Monastery is an active religious site with a long history connected to Georgia's adoption of Christianity. The grounds include flower beds, vineyards, and a healing spring, and visitors can walk the territory respectfully.

How far is the drive from Tbilisi to Kakheti?

Kakheti is Georgia's wine region east of Tbilisi, and the drive takes roughly an hour to reach Badiauri and Sighnaghi. The eight-hour tour includes all transportation time, stops and activities.