Ghvinos Wine Group - Welcome
Let us introduce you to Georgian Winemaking - We import and sell fine Georgian wines, produced naturally using both natural/bio-dynamic methods and low intervention conventional European techniques
Our Name & The Special Vessel
"Ghvino" (pronounced 'guh-vee-no') is Georgian for wine. Using the Georgian alphabet, the word looks like this: ღვინო. Our logo (ღ) is the 1st letter, pronounced 'guh'.
The Vessel shown here is a Qvevri (pronounced "kway-vree"), a unique, distinctly shaped clay vessel used in Georgia for over 8000 years to make wine. The qvevri is buried in the ground where cool and stable temperature allows fermentation and aging to be carefully managed according to centuries old tried-and-true techniques.
Featured Wines
These are our highest rated and most popular vintages. If you're interested in sampling Georgian natural wines, this is a diverse selection for trying wines that are approachable for "novices" as well as those that represent the uniqueness of Georgian varietals and winemaking.
Georgian Sparkling Pet-Nat Mtsvane & Rkatsiteli 2021
$29.00
Georgian Sparkling Pet-Nat Tsolikauri Tsitska 2021
$29.00
Our Best Saperavi's
The Georgian Saperavi Grape is our most prized varietal and makes a wide range of deep red to opaque purple colors and light, fruity to bold tannic palates.
Vazisubani Estate - Estate Collection - Mukuzani Saperavi 2019
$25.00
Our Team
We're a team of life-long friends who love mountains, travel, adventure and challenges. We're on a mission to explore the world for unique, mountainous winemaking regions and largely undiscovered wines and bring them to the USA. Of course, Cody hasn't been with us throughout our friendship but he represents the 3rd generation of our retriever family.
Chris Schlueter
Chief Executive Officer
Serving a career in the energy industry throughout the world, Chris' assignments included five years in Georgia managing multibillion dollar investments, the most prominent source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Country. Chris and his wife Laurie recently returned to home base in Alaska. He adores Georgia’s magnificent mountains, fertile valleys, brilliant and diverse climate, people, history and wine making. He retains close ties to Georgian friends, government and business leaders and society.
Bob Quinn
Chief Operations Officer
Bob knows global business, technology and start-ups. With experience throughout the US and internationally, his career has focused on Business Development, Finance, IT, Logistics and Sales. He has held senior level positions in several prominent Silicon Valley companies and has also lived in Spain and Sweden as an IT and Cybersecurity Consultant. Bob and his wife Stellie reside in Del Mar, California which is also our headquarters of Ghvinos Wine Group LLC.
Cody
Food Critic, Sock Collector
Cody knows happy hour and the food part of pairings. He’s our inspiration to be the people he thinks we are.
Testimonials
Here are a few of our Customers and Partners, in their own words, describing our wines and our business
Deborah Gray
Wine Importer, Wine Business Consultant, Author, Educator, President - Bluestone Wine Solutions LLC
"I was retained by Bob and Chris at Ghvinos Wine Group after they utilized my book "How to Import Wine - An Insider's Guide". Spring-boarding from accomplished careers in multi-billion dollar industries, Bob and Chris have taken a pragmatic approach and have demonstrated excellent business, leadership and entrepreneurial skills in Ghvinos Wine Group. Their passion for Georgia wine combined with attention to detail and diligence in business development places Ghvinos Wine Group on a distinctive path to success.
Irakli Cholobargia
Principal, Kapitani LLC Wine Select & Consulting (Georgia)
I am Georgian, a career wine industry professional and former Marketing Director for the Georgia National Wine Agency. I deeply appreciate Ghvinos Wine Group's efforts bringing quality Georgian wines to the US market. Georgia has an incredible offer to the US through its wines and very few have yet discovered it. Ghivinos has carefully selected a high quality portfolio which presents Georgian wines representatively and is sure to have consumers not just satisfied, but intrigued and asking to to learn and enjoy more.
Lado Uzanashvili
CHIEF WINEMAKER - DIRECTOR - OWNER - Georgia & Australia
Lado is a Georgian internationally acclaimed winemaker and his wines are sold and enjoyed throughout the world. Lado states he is "pleased and proud to be associated with Ghvinos Wine Group and to have his wines featured in their portfolio. Bob and Chris are thoughtful and rigorous, bringing distinctive high quality indigenous variety wines from Georgia to the USA."
Learn About Our Special Wineries and Partners from Their Own Sites
WEST BLACK SEA COAST OF GEORGIA
Georgia's Black Sea Coastal Regions
The Black Sea Coastal Regions of Abkhazia (invaded and annexed by Russia in 2008), Samegreio, Guria (home to our Natural Winery Iberieli), and Ajara. The climate is sub-tropical, maritime, humid and receives rainfall throughout the year.
WEST REGION OF GEORGIA
Georgia's West represented by the Wine Regions of Imereti, Racha and Kechkhumi and the Rioni River Valley
Although the most populous area of Georgia, it is also the most diverse in terms of it's mountain grandeur, rivers, unique wine growing and indigenous grapes that produce unique and delicious wines.
KARTLI WINE REGION
GEORGIA'S KARTLI WINE REGION
Kartli is the second largest wine region of Georgia and is easily accessible from the capital city of Tblisi. Both Georgian and European techniques for winemaking are used but the region is mostly known for it's classic European-style wines. It is also famous for sparkling wines and is the source region for our exquisite Pet-Nats.
KAKHETI
EAST GEORGIA AND THE KAKHETI VALLEY
Kahketi is by far the largest and most prolific wine region of Geogia. About 3/4 of Georgia's wine production is from Kakheti and viticulture has been practiced here for 80 centuries (8000 years). Home to some of the oldest human inhabitants of the Caucasus region, archaelogical findings in the region prove winemaking back to 6000 BC.
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