The Best Georgian Wines to Honour Zeus’s Law
31 July 2026
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has made waves across the cinema-loving world, and Georgia could hardly sit this one out. After all, this is a country with around 8,000 years of winemaking history. Ancient heroes meet ancient wines: both need patience, courage and the ability to go through a very long feast.
So, which Georgian bottles would we cast as the characters of The Odyssey?
Agamemnon: Papari Valley 3 Terraces Saperavi
Bold, powerful and absolutely certain that he should be in charge, Agamemnon could only be Saperavi. Papari Valley’s 3 Terraces Qvevri Saperavi is inky, concentrated and firmly tannic, with plenty of dark fruit behind the armour. At 15% ABV, it enters the room with the confidence of a king and should probably be approached with similar caution.
Taste it in:Georgian Wine Society
Circe: Villa Mosavali Fortified Saperavi
Circe is magical and charming until she turns one into an animal. Villa Mosavali Fortified Saperavi is dark, rich, smooth and sweet, with the extra strength of added grape spirit. Simply enchanting, but do keep an eye on how generously you pour it.
Taste it in:GeoNaturals
Calypso: Shumi Iberiuli Khikhvi
Calypso makes it very easy to forget the life you had before. Shumi Iberiuli Khikhvi is a golden, qvevri-made amber wine with ripe orchard fruit, gentle tannins and plenty of personality. A few glasses in, your former devotion to Pinot Grigio may begin to look like a distant youthful mistake.
Taste it in:Taste of Georgia
Telemachus: Blue Donkey Tsolikouri Pét-Nat
Young, fizzy, stubborn and eager to become something bigger: Telemachus is clearly a pét-nat. Blue Donkey Tsolikouri has freshness, energy and just enough unpredictability to suit a young hero still finding his way.
Taste it in:DakaDaka
Penelope: Mildiani Otskhanuri Sapere
Graceful, powerful and in no hurry whatsoever, Penelope deserves Mildiani Private Selection Otskhanuri Sapere. This structured western Georgian red combines high acidity, firm tannins and dark fruit, with the potential to develop beautifully in the bottle. It will wait for you, but it will not reward rushing.
Taste it in:Wine Origins
Antinous: That Suspicious Wine in the Clay Bottle
Antinous is the bottle loudly claiming to be Georgian while offering no convincing information about where the grapes came from or where the wine was made. It is covered in castles, grapes and weird typography. Only Apollo knows the true origin of the wine, and even he may prefer not to say.
Taste it in: nowhere. Better avoid it.
Odysseus: Marani Chacha EQVATOR
Finally, Odysseus himself must be Marani Chacha EQVATOR. It matured during a long journey at sea, crossing the Equator before eventually returning home golden, complex and full of stories. Rather like Odysseus, it may bring wisdom, joy and several decisions you regret the following morning.
Taste it in:Georgian Wine Guild
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