📍 Imereti

Imereti is a historic region in western Georgia. Its main city is Kutaisi. The region is known for an unusual way of making wine: Imereti is called the land where wine is made in qvevri, clay vessels buried in the ground, but with only a small amount of skins and seeds. In Kakheti far more skins are used.

Because of this, Imeretian wine is softer, lighter and less tannic than Kakhetian wine. The main local white grape is Tsolikouri, and the reds include Argvetula Sapere and others. The wine can be white or red.

The region has protected designations, for example Sviri and Obcha. Each describes wines from a certain place and certain grapes.

Imereti is part of Georgian wine and stands next to Kakheti as the second most important region, with a different, softer style. The tradition of the feast, the supra, lives here too.