Zviad Loladze
Zviad Loladze creates award-winning wines by leading all processes from vineyard cultivation to final product perfection. He has been a devoted member of our team since 2000. Zviad Loladze is constantly refining and improving his work while honoring the winemaking techniques of his predecessors. Wine Industry faces environmental, human, and economic challenges that require modern solutions. In order to maximize internal efficiency and modernize wine estate management, Zviad and his team collaborate with leading Italian modern consulting companies.
Winery
Wine-making is the starting point of Tbilvino and it represents its values and goals. It is vital for the company to make sure all the processes included in wine-making are performed smoothly and with great quality. Which is why Tbilvino’s biggest resources, time and energy is always aimed to further develop winemaking.
Tbilvino has two wineries in Tbilisi and Kvareli, both equipped with the latest technologies. This gives us possibility to produce 7.5 million liters of high quality wine annually. Qvevri wine cellar can be found in Tbilvino Kvareli winery, where all our Qvevri wines are stored. French oak barrels for the premium line of “Special Reserve” wines can be found in Tbilisi winery.
Tbilvino produces 29 different types of wine and 3 types of chacha. They are made by combining European technologies with traditional Georgian methods. The company constantly upgrades its wine variety and tries to offer customers a wide range of interesting options.
Vineyard
Tbilvino received consultation from Italian growers and started cultivating vineyards in 2014. Nowadays company owns vineyards in several micro-zones of Kakheti, including Kindzmarauli and Mukuzani. Certified, highest quality vine seedlings are cultivated on 405 ha in total, equipped with drip irrigation system. The system makes it possible to supply each plant of vine with a proper amount of water to prevent the shock from the drought and support its further development.Nowadays, Tbilvino’s own vineyards include:
- Kindzmarauli Microzone, Kvareli area – 147 hectares of Saperavi and Rkatsiteli vineyards;
- Mukuzani micro-zone – 208 hectares of Saperavi, Mtsvane, Kisi, Khikhvi, Aleksandrouli, Mujuretuli, Mtsvivani vineyards;
- Tsinandali micro-zone – 50 hectares of Saperavi and Mtsvane vineyards.
Kvareli vineyards are sloping towards the south-east, the soil is alluvial-deluvour, with average carbon. It contains the “duruji” river sand, which is the prerequisite for a high quality Saperavi grapes in Kindzmarauli. The Vachnadziani vineyards are sloping towards the north-east, the soil is deluvour, moderately carbonate and contains a large amount of stones, which gives us the possibility to produce Mukuzani wines full of aroma. The Shashian area is sloping towards the north-east, the soil is dark brown, moderately carbonate, has a strong structure and produces high quality grapes that can be used to make wines with deep aroma, such as Mukuzani, Kisi and Kakhuri Mtsvane. 2017 was the very first harvest season for Tbilvino. The future plans include expanding and developing new vineyards in various micro-zones of Kakheti region.
Wines
