When Eka Cox founded Taste of Georgia, she wasn’t just starting a business — she was creating a bridge between two worlds. For Eka, like many Georgians living abroad, homesickness is a constant undercurrent. Over time, that ache turns into something softer — something that can be soothed by the familiar taste of wine, the smell of spices, the joy of sharing a meal.

In the first half of 2025, Georgian wine has made a noticeable splash in the UK wine media. Prestigious print features and in-depth digital articles highlighted the country’s diverse wines, and Georgian producers have earned a new wave of attention from critics and readers alike.

Chilled glasses of rosé are true symbols of the summertime! How about tasting something new this season? Georgia, renowned as the cradle of wine, offers a unique array of rosé wines available in the UK.

Don’t let the names of the grapes confuse you - yes, they are unknown, they are indigenous, and they also deserve a place on your table after fighting for their place under the sun for millennia.

The UK continues to grow as one of Georgian wine’s most vibrant export markets. In 2024, Georgian wine exports to the UK jumped by 72%, reaching nearly 426,000 liters. That growing interest was on full display this spring, with a lineup of tastings, dinners, and trade events that brought the soul of Georgian wine to both professionals and the public. 

Let us share some highlights with you!

Next up in our series of interviews with the importers of Georgian Wine in the UK is Doug Wregg from Les Caves de Pyrene, a specialist importer, distributor, and retailer of natural, sustainably farmed wines from all over the world.

Georgian wine isn't only to fuel a supra loaded with traditional Georgian food! If you want to enjoy it in the UK, you might wonder how it pairs with local favourites. The good news is that Georgian wines are quite versatile and can complement a range of dishes. We selected pairings for the most popular ones - take a look!

Sparkling wines from Georgia have quite a long story, but the wine lovers from the UK started exploring them very recently. While it’s hard to beat Champagne and English sparkling on such a traditional market, Georgian bubbly is trying to establish itself in the niche of a quality wine with a touch of the exotic. Let’s explore it together!

Nowadays, Saperavi wines from Georgia are available for purchase and taste in the different corners of the United Kingdom. To help you pick a truly good bottle to taste, we at Georgian Wine UK want to share a short but sweet shopping list and Saperavi essentials with you curious wine drinkers!

Saperavi is Georgia’s flagship red grape variety, renowned for its deep color and robust character. It is a teinturier grape: its skin and flesh are pigmented, resulting in intensely colored wines. Originating from the Kakheti region in eastern Georgia, Saperavi thrives in the country's diverse climates and soils.​Wines produced from Saperavi are typically full-bodied with high acidity and tannins, making them suitable for aging. Their flavour profile is characterised by dark fruits like blackberry and plum, complemented by spice notes.

A question about where to drink Georgian wine in the UK is a truly evergreen one, so we decided to talk to the UK-based importers, distributors, and sellers of Georgian wine and introduce them to the wide wine-loving audience.

In our first Interview with the Importer, we’re pleased to introduce Mako Abashidze. Having been at the heart of Georgian-British business relationships for years, she’s channelled her knowledge and experience into a fascinating gastro-cultural project. Alongside her partners, Mako imports Georgian wines from medium and small producers and runs two wine bars in London.

Have you started thinking about your Easter wine list already? While the food choices are more or less similar for each family, the wine picks may vary. We decided to create the best Easter pairing of Georgian wines and traditional dishes from the UK, also providing you with links so you’d know where to source those wines for your feast. Ready to try new flavour combinations?

Have you started thinking about your Easter wine list already? While the food choices are more or less similar for each family, the wine picks may vary. We decided to create the best Easter pairing of Georgian wines and traditional dishes from the UK, also providing you with links so you’d know where to source those wines for your feast. Ready to try new flavour combinations?

Georgian wine is making waves in the UK, and Wines of Georgia is set to return to the London Wine Fair 2025 with a larger presence.  The stand will feature 16 leading Georgian wineries, offering UK buyers and wine professionals a first-hand experience of Georgia’s distinctive wines—from the qvevri-aged expressions to elegant, modern styles, both from producers seeking UK distribution and those already available in the UK.

Georgian Wine UK is taking you on another (virtual) journey around Georgia’s wine regions. In the previous article, we talked about the major growing areas of the eastern part - Kakheti, Shida Kartli, and Kvemo Kartli. Now, let’s go West! Let’s start with a short geography lesson.

UK wine lovers always have a lot on their plates (and in their glasses). Trade tastings, direct-to-consumer events, upscale wine dinners, master classes and casual wine quizzes – there is always something to pick from if one loves wine and wants to know more about it.

Georgia is rightfully proud of the fact that each of its regions is actually a wine growing region. From the Black Sea coast to the dry, arid lands in the east of the Kakheti region, grapevines are living their best life (eventually making the growers do some more work in some high-altitude, windy and cool places like Meskheti in the very south).

If Sarah Abbott MW has her way, Saperavi will soon be as familiar a grape as Shiraz. “It makes soulful tasting wines”, she says.  Saperavi is Georgia’s hero grape variety. One of only a handful of grapes world-wide with highly-pigmented red flesh as well as skins, the name translates as ‘to dye’. Saperavi is the perfect flagship grape for a country which has 525 indigenous varieties catalogued.

Jani was very nearly lost to the phylloxera outbreak of the late 19th century. How appropriate that the name ‘Jani’ means ‘powerful’ – because it took great power and determination to bring this grape back from the brink of extinction.

If Rkatsiteli is the white grape of eastern Georgia, then Tsolikouri is the white grape of western Georgia. Pronounced sol-li-kori, Tsolikouri is planted throughout Imereti. The region is packed with small producers producing traditional-Georgian-style wines, with the result that some of the country’s most exciting grape varieties are found in this area – including Tsolikouri.

Chkhaveri is a rare but fascinating grape. It was originally a “maghlari” vine, trained to grow up trees, and was described in Ampelography of Georgia as ‘light and pleasant’. Published in 1960, this book is considered one of the most influential books in Georgian winemaking – though nowadays winemakers think such an interpretation of Chkhaveri is not sufficient.

With short bursts of sunlight in London, thoughts turn to spring/summer- the delicious lighter foods and drinks we can enjoy in the sunshine. Dzelshavi is fondly referred to by many Georgian Wine aficionados as a ‘summer wine’. That’s because the wines produced by this thin-skinned grape are light, fresh and lively.