The Silk Road Wine Trail banner: an amphora under a desert arch, a camel caravan behind it

Grand Journey

Silk Road Wine Trail

From Georgia to China: eight chapters, each one you can travel on its own.

  • 8 chapters
  • 7 countries
  • 26 trails
  • 176 stops
  • 4–8 months

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The route

Eight chapters along the old caravan roads

Map of the Silk Road Wine Trail: its countries and every stop
  1. Georgia

    Chapter 1: Sakartvelo

    4 trails · 35 stops

    Kakheti Wine Route 1–2 weeks Kartli Wine Route 1–2 weeks Imereti Wine Route 1–2 weeks Racha Wine Route 1–2 weeks
  2. Armenia

    Chapter 2: Hayastan

    3 trails · 20 stops

    Vayots Dzor Wine Route 1 week Aragatsotn Wine Route 1 week Ararat Valley Wine Route 1 week
  3. Azerbaijan

    Chapter 3: Odlar Yurdu

    3 trails · 18 stops

    Shamakhi Wine Route 1 week Goygol Wine Route 1 week Gabala Wine Route 4 days
  4. Turkey

    Chapter 4: Anadolu

    4 trails · 30 stops

    Cappadocia Wine Route 1 week Eastern Anatolia Wine Route 1–2 weeks Turkish Thrace Wine Route 1 week Aegean Turkey Wine Route 1 week
  5. Uzbekistan

    Chapter 5: Sogdiana

    3 trails · 14 stops

    Samarkand Wine Route 2 days Bukhara Wine Route 1 week Tashkent Wine Route 2 days
  6. Kazakhstan

    Chapter 6: Qazaqstan

    2 trails · 18 stops

    Almaty Wine Route 1 week Turkestan Wine Route 4 days
  7. China

    Chapter 7: Xinjiang

    3 trails · 17 stops

    Turpan Wine Route 2 days Yili Valley Wine Route 4 days Yanqi Wine Route 1 week
  8. China

    Chapter 8: Ningxia

    4 trails · 24 stops

    Helan Mountain Wine Route 3 days Yinchuan City Wine Route 4 days Qingtongxia Wine Route 4 days Ningxia Premium Estates Route 2 days

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