Ruispiri
Village roots
A small village in Telavi Municipality where life still moves with the seasons — vine pruning in spring, the long supra in summer, harvest in autumn. Rtoni grew here, surrounded by neighbours, vines, and the old Akaki tree.
The Story of Rtoni
A name that means vine branch — and a tree that remembers.
~200
years of the Akaki tree
Founded by Giorgi Skhirtladze & Andro Kiknadze in Ruispiri, a quiet village in Telavi Municipality, in the heart of Kakheti. Our name comes from the Georgian word for the vine branch — the living arm that carries energy from root to fruit, from one season to the next.
A few steps from our marani stands the old Akaki tree — Judge Akaki, as the village calls him. For nearly two centuries he has watched over weddings, harvests, supras and quiet evening conversations. When the village gathers for anything that matters, it gathers beneath his branches.
We carry his silhouette on every Rtoni label. He is not an ornament. He is the witness — and, in a way, the elder — of everything we make.
“At Rtoni, every bottle begins with roots — in the vineyard, in the village, and in the stories shared beneath the old Akaki tree.”
