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Gudauri high ridge, late afternoon light, one skier in silhouette. Maximum sky and mountain.
The Alps were the beginning.
Georgia's Caucasus mountains. Direct from Bratislava. January–March 2027. Three ways to do it: from €1,690.
→ See the TourWhy This Exists
In March 2017, I was part of a Slovak-Georgian Chamber of Commerce wine tour through Kakheti. We were doing what those tours do — cellars, tastings, toasts, the slow Georgian afternoon. Then, on the last day, someone suggested a drive up to Gudauri.
I stepped out of a gondola onto 2,200 metres of empty Caucasus snow. Perfect snow. No crowds. The kind of mountain day you remember for years. And I stood there thinking: why aren't Slovaks here? Why does nobody know about this place?
That question took nine years to become an answer. Summit & Vine is the answer.
— Nika, founder
Why Georgia, not Austria again
01
The Mountain
More mountain. Far fewer people.
Gudauri sits at 2,196 metres. The terrain runs from confident intermediate to serious expert. The snow falls in volume, the pistes stay untracked into the afternoon, and the gondola to the summit ridge is one of the great ski moments in Europe. In January and February you will ski days that are simply not possible in the Alps anymore.
02
The Food and Wine
Eight thousand years of winemaking. One tradition unlike anything else.
Georgia invented the wine grape — not figuratively, archaeologically. The qvevri — an amphora buried underground — has been making wine here since 6,000 BC. The grape is saperavi. The occasion is the supra. The spirit is chacha. You will eat and drink things that have no equivalent in France or Italy, in the company of people for whom hospitality is not a service but an obligation.
03
The Hospitality
A host who has been here before. Access that most travellers never find.
Georgia does not reveal itself to visitors who arrive with a transfer and a hotel. It reveals itself when someone who knows the country — knows the cellar, knows the tamada, knows the back road — brings you inside. That is what Summit & Vine is built to do. On Summit & Vine you sleep at the winery. You don't visit Kakheti — you wake up in it.
04
The Timing
The window before this changes.
Wizz Air now flies direct from Bratislava to Kutaisi. International recognition of Georgian wine has arrived, quietly, in every serious sommelier circle in Europe. Mass tourism has not. This is what the Alps looked like to a different generation — before the lifts were crowded and the prices caught up. That window does not stay open.
Three ways to experience it
Classic
The complete Georgia ski and culinary week, expertly guided.
From €1,690 per person
→ See what's includedSommelier-Hosted
All of Classic, plus a named Slovak wine specialist travelling with the group as your host and guide.
From €2,290 per person
→ See what's includedHeli-Signature
For skiers who want the Caucasus without limits. Two heliski descents from peaks no lift can reach, with a certified mountain guide.
From €3,290 per person
→ See what's includedThe flight that makes this possible
Wizz Air operates a direct flight from Bratislava to Kutaisi.
Bratislava BTS → Kutaisi KUT
Departure: 05:00 Saturday · Arrival: 11:20 local time
Flight time: 3 hours 20 minutes
You arrive in Georgia before lunch on Day 1. No connection. No Vienna. No Istanbul. You are in the Caucasus by midday.
The return is equally clean: Kutaisi KUT → Bratislava BTS, Sunday 12:05, landing 12:35 Central European time. You are home before the afternoon is over.
Flights are booked independently on Wizz Air. Wizz Discount Club members pay approximately €44–€80 return. Summit & Vine provides full booking guidance; your place on the tour is held from the moment you enquire.
→ Read the full flight informationWhat our guests say
Season 1 departs January 2027. Summit & Vine is an inaugural operation — which means you will not find review aggregators or TripAdvisor rankings here. What you will find is a founder who has spent nine years preparing this trip, supplier relationships built across multiple visits to Georgia, and a product designed around what actually makes a week exceptional — not what fills a brochure.
If you want to speak with someone who has been involved in building this — a partner winery, a Gudauri contact, or a member of the Slovak-Georgian Chamber of Commerce — that conversation can be arranged. Just ask.
Be among the first.
→ Enquire nowGroups are capped at 12. January fills first.
Summit & Vine departures run January, February, and March 2027 on confirmed Wizz Air operating Saturdays. Each departure accommodates a maximum of 12 guests. This is not a marketing constraint — it is how the trip works. Beyond 12, the quality changes.
January departures typically attract early decisions. If you are seriously considering it, the most useful next step is an enquiry. There is no obligation and no deposit until you confirm.
→ Enquire nowThe founder responds personally within 24 hours.