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1,000 years of wine
Alaverdi Monastery Winery
11th-century monastery that has been making wine continuously for over 1,000 years. The monks still produce wine in qvevri buried beneath the cathedral floor.
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Good to know
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Languages
- Mixed
How to Complete
4 steps curated by Wine Memories
Insider Tips
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Visit during a service to hear the polyphonic singing
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The monastery wine is sold in the small shop - buy multiple bottles
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Best visited in morning light for photography
Tagged
- monastery
- qvevri
- ancient
- unesco
Updated February 2026