A new trend in a land of ancient wine making traditions, wine bars are the greatest thing to happen to Tbilisi. The plant-filled courtyard that is home to Sulico, in Vera, stocks some 130 different bottles, most of which are natural kvevri wines from family vintners. The largely organic menu offers sumptuous bites that local wine zealot Sandro Macedoneli will help you pair. Start with the warm olives sauteed in wine with a glass of Rkatsiteli – unless Sandro has something else in mind.

In a cozy cellar in the heart of Tbilisi’s historic Sololaki neighborhood, 7 winemakers came together to create Vino Underground. Find 100 family-produced Georgian wines, most made the same way for thousands of years in ceramic kvevris. Our host walked us through a tasting with profound knowledge of the background of each bottle – and enthusiasm. We recommend the Rkatsiteli, Georgia’s most-popular white, as well as a straw-colored, citrusy Kisi. Light snacks available for pairing.

On the terrace of Bina n37, the view is as spectacular as they come in mountainy Tbilisi – more spectacular is that the wine is made up here on the roof. It’s a marani (Georgian wine cellar) in the sky, with 10 grape varieties. The terrace is the best summer wine and dine spot in Tbilisi, with original concepts soaring above a city full of traditional Georgian fare. A warm day and seafood calls for tsitska, a crispy white with nutty undertones. Meat and the budding saperavi make a perfect pair.

Dadi focuses on small, family-owned natural vintages and offers at least 30 wines from all parts of the country, and from as many grapes as possible. A huge map of Georgia adorns a wall with thumbtacks indicating the villages their wines hail from. “Our only criteria is that the wine we sell is healthy. We don’t just sell our personal favorites,” owner Dina Ramazanova explains.

A warm, intimate space, part living room, part museum, combines owners Luarsab Togonidze and John Wurdeman’s loves: natural wine, organic food and music. The main room (which can seat 28) makes for a rewarding dining experience, often entailing folks breaking out in polyphonic singing – like a bonafide supra. John, the leading emissary for Georgia’s natural wine movement, brings a vegetarian slant to the menu. The Rkatsiteli is just one of many delicious natural wines to try.