Château Mukhrani

The grounds here were designed by a gardener imported specifically from Versailles, which tells you everything about the ambitions of the Bagrationi royal family and nothing about how good the wine will be. It is both, as it turns out. A winery visit in the heart of Georgia's ancient vine country, Château Mukhrani sits on a named spot on the World's 50 Best Vineyards list, with 60,000 bottles aging in a restored labyrinth of cellars beneath a 19th-century palace.