Caucasian Mineral Waters & Stavropol wine Roads. North Caucasus. Russia.

Food and wine tours. Following in the footsteps of German and Italian winemakers in the Caucasus.
General information: Caucasian Mineral Waters is a historical resort region of Russia. The climate of Kavminvodsky district is successfully used as a treatment factor. A large number of sunny days, a small amount of rainfall, entrancing air of mountains and steppes.
Regional soil and climatic data are rare for Russia. They formed by millennia of volcanic activity and a mild, warm climate. Cavminvod wineries were formed at the beginning of the XIX century. Grape varieties and winemaking culture were brought to the region by immigrants from Scotland, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Cossacks and the Russian aristocracy. Eight wine centers were located around Mount Beshtau in 1905 year. Since then, the amazing and dramatic history of winemaking in the North Caucasus continues.
Duration: 3 nights / 4 days. Estimated cost 44 900 rubles for 1/2 dbl
Regular tours: weekly, every Friday.
Individual tours in any dates and seasons on request
Corporate events in any dates and seasons on request
Estimated cost for regular tour: 44 900 rubles per person for double occupancy.
The price includes: hotel accommodation, all transport according to the program, transfers to / from the airport according to the program, sightseeing in Pyatigorsk and Kislovodsk, all tours and wine tastings in the wineries, all breakfasts, two lunches, three dinners, guide accompanying the group throughout the trip.
The price does not include: Air Ticket / Railway Ticket; Insurance
Itinerary.
Day 1 - Friday.
Arrival to Mineralnye Vody (MRV) airport or railway station.
Meet and greet at airport or railway station.
Transfer airport - hotel in Pyatigorsk city.
Hotel accommodation.
Dinner authentic restaurant with local wine .
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2 - Saturday.
Breakfast in the hotel.
Transfer by comfortable bus to Praskoveya village.
Visiting the historical Praskoveysky Winery: the Museum of Winemaking, introduction in manufacturing technology, the cellar tour, wine tasting (5 samples - still wines, 1 sample – sparkling wine, 3 samples - cognac, moonshine, whiskey).
Lunch in the restaurant with local Cossack cuisine.
Visit to the Orllovsky eco-farm.
Return to Pyatigorsk city.
Dinner in the restaurant with Caucasian cuisine.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 3 - Sunday.
Breakfast in the hotel.
Kislovodsk city sightseeing: Kislovodsk Fortress, Resort Boulevard, Mineral water Gallery and Main Narzan baths, Resort Garden, Cascade Stairs, historical Kurzal.
Bus ride from Kislovodsk to winery Chateau Erken.
Lunch in the restaurant with national cuisine.
Winery and the castle Chateau Erken tour. Wine tasting: white, red, sparkling wines, dessert ice wine.
Dinner at the restaurant with Kabardian cuisine.
Return to Pyatigorsk city.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 4 - Monday.
Breakfast in the hotel.
Pyatigorsk city sightseeing tour: cable car lift to the top of Mount Mashuk with a panorama of the Caucasus mountains, two-headed giant Elbrus, Lake Proval, arbor Eolova Arfa, Tsvetnik garden.
The hotel check out.
Bus ride to Inozemtsevo village to the foot of Mount Beshtau. Tour to the Kavigris sparkling wine factory with tasting: brut, dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet, sweet.
Transfer Inozemtsevo - airport or railway station Mineralnye Vody.
The end of the program.
Dates and Prices.
Regular tours. Weekly on Fridays from February to December 2024.
Individual tours: dates and program on your choice.
Corporate events: dates and program on your choice.
Estimated cost 1/2 dbl - 44 900 rubles. The final cost depends on the date of the tour and is provided by the manager upon request.