Festival · Tbilisi

New Wine Festival

New Wine Festival in Tbilisi brings together established and emerging Georgian winemakers to showcase the country's ancient qvevri tradition and natural wine innovation.

What to do there

FestivalNew Wine FestivalEvery May, 200+ Georgian winemakers set up tasting tables inside Mtatsminda Park — an amusement park on a holy mountain 770 metres above Tbilisi, reached by a funicular that opened in 1905. The opening ceremony cracks a beeswax-sealed qvevri while the crowd sings Mravaljamier, a three-voice polyphonic toast song UNESCO recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Zangaura pours a blend of 27 indigenous grape varieties — out of 525 that survive — harvested together, fermented together. A wine no sommelier can categorize, from no appellation that exists. The Ferris wheel spins above the wine tents.

Wine bars nearby

Wine bar (Gh)Vino Underground Georgia's first natural wine bar (since 2012), owned by six renowned natural wine producers.
Wine bar DADI Wine Bar & Shop Russian-owned natural wine bar (since 2017) with 500+ Georgian organic/biodynamic labels.
Wine bar Amber Bar Tbilisi Sandro Kiknadze's natural wine rebel bar featuring 100+ small-producer wines with European-Georgian food pairings in a brick-walled space.