Wine Days festival hosting tasting of wine, cuisine, masterclasses

The second edition of the annual Wine Days festival is being celebrated this week in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and 23 other regions of the country with wine tasting, entertaining events, music shows and other activities. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook.

Dozens of local guests and tourists  have an opportunity to learn about the country’s 8,000-year-old tradition of winemaking not only in the capital city, but also in Telavi, the heart of Georgia’s winemaking area Kakheti,  Signagi- which is also known with as the winemaking town of Kakheti region, in Black Sea resort town of Batumi and other municipalities around the country until October 15. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook.

Tbilisi on Saturday hosted dozens of winemakers and local chefs in the Alexander Garden recreational park with a variety of activities. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Event visitors in the eastern city of Telavi could taste Georgian cheese, honey and local cuisine. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook.

Visitors were also invited to stories about the history and importance of Georgian wine, a show involving folk ensembles, and a performance by the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook.

Along with tasting of local cuisine and wine, and the accompanying music, visitors were given an opportunity to see grape pressing in a press in the country’s western city of Kutaisi. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook.

Grape pressing championship was one of the most different and fun activities within the festival hosted in eastern Kvareli municipality. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook.

Georgian folk dance masterclasses were also offered to the guests by Georgian National Ballet Sukhishvilebi. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook.

Involving large production companies and family wineries, the event invites visitors to join mtsvadi barbeques and Georgian shoti bread baked in tone clay ovens. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Churchkhela, a snack made from nuts and grape juice, is also offered during the festival, with those taking part able to observe how the sweet is made. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

In addition, children’s entertainment spaces are hosting young visitors in clay-making and craft masterclasses. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook.

Wine Days celebration continued in the eastern city of Akhmeta and the western town of Terjola on Monday. This photo shows a qvevri - a large clay vessel for underground wine storage - with a plaque that reads ‘I've been sitting here since childhood’, in reference to a line from a popular Soviet-era Georgian film featuring the vessel. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

Rain did not deter guests from enjoying the event, sipping wine and engaging in various activities on offer. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

Counters offered varieties of wines made by local wine companies, and the visitors had a chance to taste them with proper food pairings. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

Events in Akhmeta and Terjola also included activities for children, including painting masterclasses, as shown on this particular photo. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

Events in both locations ended with a gala concert featuring folk artists and contemporary music performers. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

Wine Days were celebrated in Dedoplistskaro in the eastern Kakheti region and Akhaltsikhe in Samtskhe–Javakheti on Tuesday. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

On Wednesday the celebration moved to Ozurgeti in the Guria region in the west and Signagi in Kakheti in the east. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

Visitors enjoyed the festival alongside locals. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

On Thursday Wine Days were celebrated in Martvili in the western Samegrelo region and Sagarejo in Kakheti. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

On Friday the celebrations continue in Lagodekhi in Kakheti and Bolnisi in the Kartli region. Photo: Wine Days/Facebook

Those interested in the upcoming days of festival, which was initiated by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in 2022, can find the schedule of events from organisers. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.