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8 Oct 2023
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Description
Georgia is the motherland of winemaking with eight centuries of continuous experience in producing wine in Qvevri. This ancient culture has been becoming more popular in the world in the past years. We built a winery in the traditional Georgian style in Kardenakhi village - a perfect place for Kaketian winemaking.
Now our family winery has a fruit garden, we keep animals, and opened hotel rooms on 2nd and 3rd floors of the winery.
We continue developing and we’re happy to invite you to help us out. While staying in a unique winery made of stones with a Georgian roof tile, you will be introduced to the unique qvevri technique of Georgian winemaking, enjoy Georgian cuisine and experience hasteless lifestyle of a Georgian village. Besides, you will get a chance to participate in the process yourself and see how it all works from the inside.
Come and get your truly Georgian experience!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will stay in the beautiful country of Georgia. Our winery is located In between the mountains of Caucasus with gorgeous Alazani Valley view. Furthermore, you will see how a traditional Georgian Marani (winery) works from the inside, you can learn about Kakhetian way of winemaking, which has a history of eight thousand years. If you come during harvest season - Rtveli (usually in September), you can participate in grape-gathering.
You can learn to cook traditional Georgian dishes while preparing dinners with our host, learn about Georgian history and its traditions, or learn beautiful Georgian alphabet.
Help
Right now we are ready to host last minute volunteers for JUNE 2023! Send your requests here
1. General maintenance of the place — daily chores from a check-list + help cleaning up after construction
2. Preparing hotel rooms for the guests of the winery
3. Help in the kitchen — cooking family meals/ meals for volunteers/ helping with meals for guests of the winery
4. Help in the garden:
- taking care of the garden and garden beds
- planting new seeds/sprouts in spring
- depending on time of your arrival help with green works in the vineyard might be relevant
- our territory is pretty big and some of it still needs improvement/ cleaning
5. Animals: we keep pigs, chickens, two cows, two horses that need to be fed everyday and taken care of.
6. Construction works: we need to build pigsty from stones. Also if you have experience with building A-frames, chicken coop, garden beds or any other farm-related constructions — please let us know :)
In order for us to consider your request please mention in your message:
1. possible date of arrival
2. length of stay - we accept volunteers for at least a week, long-term stays are also possible
3. type of work you do - please specify what tasks from out list you would be able to help us with
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Georgian: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
Polish: Intermediate
Accommodation
Volunteers will be allocated a bed in one of our rooms at the winery. There is a shared bathroom. There is also a guest kitchen and a summer kitchen, where volunteers will be able to cook for themselves or gather to prepare delicious Georgian dishes for dinner together.
What else ...
Expected working time is 5 hours a day, you will have one day off per week.
You are supposed to cook for yourself or help prepare meals together with other volunteers and clean after yourself - this is not counted in the working time.
On your time off you can enjoy nearby sightseeings of Kakheti: Georgian city of love Signagi, ancient monasteries - Bodbe, Alaverdi, and Sabatsminda monastery complex, Lagodekhi natural reserve with its beautiful animals and mountain rivers, Kvareli lake, Tsinandali palace, which once belonged to a Georgian poet Alexander Chavchavadze, and Telavi city nearby with a restaurant famous for delicious cottage cheese khinkali.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The winery building is a remarkable and beautifully built stone building, overlooking vineyards and with the southern Caucasus mountains in the background. My task was to prepare and paint a room in an external building to be used by future volunteers.
Mother Svetlana and her daughter… read more
We were responsible for various tasks, lots of them were new for us. So, it was very useful to get new skills, such as working with garden roses, bottles of wine, feeding animals, etc. We found out a bunch of lifehacks of how to do the cleaning effectively and fast.… read more
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The winery building is a remarkable and beautifully built stone building, overlooking vineyards and with the southern Caucasus mountains in the background. My task was to prepare and paint a room in an external building to be used by future volunteers.
Mother Svetlana and her daughter… read more
We were responsible for various tasks, lots of them were new for us. So, it was very useful to get new skills, such as working with garden roses, bottles of wine, feeding animals, etc. We found out a bunch of lifehacks of how to do the cleaning effectively and fast.… read more
