Wine Agritourism

Ateni has long held a significant position in central Georgia, A situated at a natural crossroads between the Lesser Caucasus and the wide Mtkvari River as it swings up and east from the south through Gori and Mtskheta towards Tbilisi. The Tana Gorge, behind Ateni Sioni church, was an important through route in earlier centuries. Ateni was developed by King Bagrat III and later by David the Builder, but irrigation pipes from the 1st century AD demonstrate the area’s cultural importance much earlier. The very cold winters here allow the qvevri to undergo a unique cleaning process using ice from the river.