Amerimeri 2024

According to the decision of the Natural Wine Association, the natural wine festival Amerimeri will be named after Soliko Tsaishvili starting in 2024. 

For a long time now, Amerimeri has been a highlight in the annual calendar of natural wine lovers, eagerly anticipated by many. The festival has been held since 2017, and one of its initiators was Soliko Tsaishvili—a pioneer in the revival of natural and Qvevri winemaking in Georgia and one of the founders of the Natural Wine Association. He conceived the name, which embodies the idea that this festival should unite Maranis from all wine-growing regions of Georgia, showcasing wines from their unique micro-zones. Additionally, the festival is designed to travel and be held in different cities across Georgia. The first Amerimeri took place in Kutaisi, as there was no such festival in Western Georgia at that time.

Soliko Tsaishvili passed away in 2018 and could not witness the subsequent success of the festival. However, he envisioned Amerimeri becoming popular among natural wine enthusiasts.

Only member Maranis of the Association participate in the festival. The Association includes winegrowers who produce wines from organically cultivated grapes, adhering to the traditions and principles of natural winemaking. This means that vineyards are treated only with contact preparations, and even then, in limited doses. No herbicides or chemically produced synthetic mineral fertilizers are used. The use of selective yeasts, enzymes, flavoring agents, wine taste regulators, acids, grape molasses, and thousands of other industrial additives is prohibited during winemaking, storage, and bottling in the cellar.

Winemakers:

• Iberieli                                                                                    
• Kobidzeebis Marani                                             
• Gia Jamberidze’s Marani                                     
• Babas Marani           
• Martvilis Marani
• Amiran Vepkhvadze’s Cellar                               
• Archil Guniava Wine Cellar                                
• Simonika – Chkheidzeebi’s wine                                      
• Baghdati Estates                                                   
• Gaioz Sopromadze                                                
• Makaridze Winery                                                
• Mshvenieradze Winery                                                      
• Minadze’s Cellar Phersvi                                                    
• Mirianis Marani                                                                    
• Nikoladzeebis Marani                                                         
• Family Winery Nagutnebi                                   
• Bagrati’s wine                                                                       
• Dimis Ferdobi                                                                        
• Alexander's Wine Cellar                       
• Anapea village                                                       
• Kortavebis Marani                                 
• Artanuli Gvino                                                                      
• Patara Marani                                                                       
• Chitos Gvino                                                                          
• Vellino                                                                                     
• Manavi Wines                                                                       
• Nadelebi                                                                 
• Malati                                                                                     
• Winery Naperebi                                                  
• Davit Gremelashvilis Marani                              
• Juso’s Winery                                                                        
• Robis Marani                                                                         
• Nikalas Marani                                                      
• Zhuka-Sano Wine                                                 
• Artana Wines                                                                        
• Chortaulis Vineyards                                                           
• Andria's Gvino                                                                      
• Martali Wine                                                                         
• Lomtadze's Marani                                               
• Tedo’s Marani                                                                       
• Bakurtsikheli                                                                         
• Okros Wine
• Chonas Marani                                                                     
• Marani Iora                                                            
• Vazha Getiashvili's Wine Cellar                                        
• Winery Tilisma                                                                     
• Doctor's Bio Cellar                                                
• Khvtisia Wine                                                                        
• Our Wine                                                                
• Kondoli Winery                                                                     
• Pheasant’s Tears                                                   
• Kolagis                                                                                    
• 525   Wine                                                                        
• Martiashvili’s Cellar                                              
• Ilto’s Valley                                              
• Ghvardzelashvilis Cellar                                                     
• Do-Re-Mi                                                                
• Charekauli                                                              
• Anbani         
• Pataridze’s Rachuli                                                
• Tariel Lomtadze’s Marani                                    
• Khvedeliani’s Marani             
• Tanini
• Iago Winery                                                            
• Nebi Winery                                                                          
• Unari wines
• Niabis Marani                                                                       
• Samtavisi Marani                                                  
• Irma’s and Kato’s Vineyards and Marani         
• Gabrielis Wine                                                                      
• Demi`s Winery                                                                      
• Gotsa Wines                                                                         
• Angura