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Kachreti – is a town in the Kakheti region of Georgia, famous for its wine, wine cellars, and natural countryside. it is 1 hour and 15 minutes from Tbilisi airport (74 km).
The traditional genealogical accounts such as that of Prince Ioann of Georgia at the beginning of the 19th century had it that the Cherkezishvili descended from a Circassian chieftain who had arrived in Georgia during the reign of Queen Tamar (r. 1184–1213). In fact, the ancestor of the family, the Kabardian nobleman Alejuko is known to the Georgians as Aladag, settled down in the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kakheti in the 17th century. With the adoption of Christianity by Aladag and his scions, the family was conferred with the princely rank and given several villages, such as Manavi, Tokhliauri, Kakabeti, and Kachreti, in possession by the kings of Kakheti. The princely possessions of the family were collectively known as Sacherkezo.
