# Rtveli — Wine Harvest in Kakheti (3 Days, September–October)

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- Canonical: https://gtour.ge/tour/rtveli-wine-harvest-in-kakheti-3-days-september-october/
- Author: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze
- Published: 2026-09-15
- Updated: 2026-10-27
- Language: en
- Russian edition: https://gtour.ge/ru/tour/rtveli-wine-harvest-in-kakheti-3-days-september-october/

€890 per person3 days / 2 nightsPrivate · car & English-speaking guideBased on two travellers

Pick grapes, tread them, seal the qvevri and sit at the harvest table — the most joyful weeks in the Georgian year.

The route

[Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/)[Sighnaghi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/sighnaghi/)[Bodbe](https://gtour.ge/georgia/bodbe/)[Family qvevri winery](#gt-map)[Alaverdi Cathedral](#gt-map)[Ikalto Academy](#gt-map)[Telavi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/telavi/)[Tsinandali Estate](#gt-map)

Why this tour

- —A morning in the vineyard with the family who owns it

- —Crushing grapes and filling the qvevri the traditional way

- —The rtveli supra: toasts, polyphonic singing, last year's wine

- —Churchkhela and pelamushi made from fresh must

- —[Sighnaghi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/sighnaghi/), Alaverdi and the monasteries between harvest days

Itinerary

Day 1[Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/) → [Sighnaghi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/sighnaghi/) and [Bodbe](https://gtour.ge/georgia/bodbe/) → a harvest winery: afternoon picking, evening supra. Overnight [Kakheti](https://gtour.ge/georgia/kakheti/).

Day 2Morning in a second vineyard: crushing, the qvevri cellar; Alaverdi and [Ikalto](https://gtour.ge/georgia/ikalto-village/) in the afternoon. Overnight [Telavi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/telavi/) area.

Day 3Churchkhela making; a tasting of finished amber wines; return to [Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/).

Included

- ✓ Private car with driver

- ✓ English-speaking guide

- ✓ Two nights in vineyard hotels, breakfast included

- ✓ All harvest activities and two feasts

- ✓ All entrances

Not included

- — Lunches on days 2–3

Good to know

- · Dates depend on the grapes: roughly 20 September to 20 October

- · Clothes that can get grape juice on them

- · The supra is long; pace yourself with the toasts

Questions

**Do we really work?**
As much as you like. Most guests pick for an hour or two and then eat for four.

Prices are per person for two travelling together, in euros; solo travellers and larger groups are quoted on request. Every departure is private and adjusted to you. Hotels, wineries and restaurants on our routes are [verified by GTour](/verified/).

Freshly harvested green grapes fill plastic buckets during the Rtveli wine harvest in Kakheti. · Photo: rugbyxm / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0