Wine Shops in Georgia

8000 Vintages is Tbilisi's largest and most respected wine shop, named after Georgia's 8,000-year winemaking heritage. The shop stocks over 1,000 Georgian wine labels, all selected through blind tastings by certified sommeliers. Founded in 2016, it has grown from a single Saburtalo location to multiple branches across the city plus an outpost in Batumi and Berlin. The industrial-chic spaces serve as both retail stores and tasting bars where visitors can explore Georgian wine culture with expert guidance.

The Tabukashvili Street branch of 8000 Vintages serves the Rustaveli Avenue corridor. All wines are hand-selected by blind tasting, with sommeliers evaluating 100 new bottles monthly. Over 1,000 Georgian labels on offer at any time. The 8000 Vintages brand was founded in 2016 and now operates 4 Tbilisi locations, 1 in Batumi, and an international store in Berlin.

Alaverdi Wine Store is the Tbilisi retail arm of the legendary Alaverdi Monastery Winery, one of Georgia's oldest and most revered wine producers, offering monastery wines made in traditional qvevri vessels by monks following centuries-old traditions.

Amber Wine Shop is a specialist Tbilisi retailer dedicated entirely to Georgia's iconic amber (skin-contact) wines, curating examples from the country's leading qvevri producers to showcase the full breadth of this ancient style now celebrated by natural wine lovers worldwide.

Archive Wine Bar and Museum is set in the underground halls of a 17th-century caravanserai beneath the Tbilisi History Museum on Sioni Street. It offers 550 wine varieties sold at retail prices — unusual for a restaurant. Sommelier Jaba Dzimistarishvili (2x Georgian Sommelier of the Year, 2020 and 2021) conducts guided tastings. The space functions as a wine museum displaying qvevri, drinking horns, and copper figurines dating to the 7th century BC.

Artisani Wine Shop is a boutique natural and artisan wine retailer near Tbilisi's Lisi Lake, championing small-production Georgian winemakers who farm organically and work without laboratory corrections, with a particular strength in Kartli and Meskheti region wines less commonly found in other city shops.

Atoneli Wine Window is Tbilisi's first wine window (opened 2025), inspired by the historic buchette del vino of Florence. A hole-in-the-wall street-facing aperture on Atoneli Street dispenses individual glasses of Georgian wines — including Chinuri, Kisi, and Rkatsiteli — at 8 GEL each, with every sixth pour complimentary. Run by the team behind Mussels Place seafood restaurant.

Avlabari Wine Shop is a traditional bottle shop serving Tbilisi's Avlabari district — the historic Armenian quarter across the Mtkvari River from the Old Town. The shop specializes in Georgian wines and is a favorite of the local community for its honest pricing and knowledgeable owners.

Baia's Wine is a women-led natural winery and wine bar celebrated for reviving near-extinct Gurian grape varieties. The Tbilisi location serves as both a retail outlet and an intimate wine bar where visitors can taste and buy natural wines from this pioneering female-run estate.

Bu & Khari is a winery flagship bar and kitchen in the historic Melik-Azaryants building on Rustaveli Avenue, showcasing vintner Beka Minadze's portfolio of 65+ wines from virtually every Georgian microzone. Several atmospheric sitting rooms and a small terrace host guests alongside Pan-Asian small plates from resident chef Vitali Wisotschin. Sister venues operate in Batumi.

Chateau Mukhrani Wine Bar is a tasting room on Meidan Square in Old Tbilisi, offering wines from the Chateau Mukhrani winery.

Chateau Zegaani's Tbilisi shop represents one of Kakheti's most historic estates, producing wines from vineyards adjacent to the ancient Zegaani monastery. The shop offers the estate's classical Kakhetian wines alongside monastery church wines made in traditional qvevri.