Wine bar · Sighnaghi

Pheasant's Tears Winery

American painter John Wurdeman built a sacred winery in Sighnaghi: organic biodynamic wines fermented in beeswax-soaked qvevri with fresh market-driven Georgian cuisine since 2007.

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AdventureAmber wine challenge - identify skin-contact whitesMaster the art of identifying Georgian amber wines - white wines fermented with extended skin contact in qvevri. These golden-hued wines have tannin, texture, and complexity unlike anything in the conventional wine world. The original "orange wine."
TastingPheasant's Tears WineryIconic natural wine producer in the romantic hilltop town of Sighnaghi. American winemaker John Wurdeman partnered with Gela Patalishvili to create qvevri wines that put Georgian natural wine on the world map.