KAKHETI IS THE LARGEST REGION OF GEORGIA. ITS AREA IS 11 310 SQ.KM. THE REGION COMPRISES ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL DISTRICTS OF THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES: AKHMETA, GURJAANI, DEDOPLISTSKARO, TELAVI, LAGODEKHI, SAGAREJO, SIGNAGI, KVARELI AND ETHNOGRAPHIC AREA OF GEORGIAN HIGHLANDERS – TUSHETI. SEPARATE DISTRICTS OF KAKHETI ARE MENTIONED AS OUTER KAKHETI (MIDDLE BASIN OF RIVER IORI), KIZIQI (LOWER BASIN OF RIVER IORI), INNER KAKHETI (RIGHT BANK OF RIVER ALAZANI), AND THITHER AREA (LEFT BANK OF RIVER ALAZANI). KAKHETI IS VERY DIVERSE REGION. KAVKASIONI (CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS) IN KAKHETI IS NOTED FOR ITS STEEP SLOPES AND UNFORGETTABLE SCENERY; BETWEEN THE MAIN RANGE AND TSIVGOMBORI RANGE OF KAVKASIONI IS LOCATED NEVER-ENDING, SPRAWLING ALAZANI VALLEY (100X35 KM); TO THE NORTH-WEST, STEPPE-TYPE VEGETATION IS TYPICAL FOR IORI PLATEAU WHICH IN THE ULTIMATE SOUTH-EAST TRANSFORMS INTO ELDARI PLAIN. THIS PLAIN IS THE LOWEST PLACE IN THE REGION (90-200 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL), WITH SEMI-DESERT LANDSCAPE. TUSHETI, A REGION STANDING OUT FOR ITS GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFICS AND UNIQUE BEAUTY, IS SITUATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF KAVKASIONI. KAKHETI IS THE LAND OF GRAPES. THE FIFTH PART OF VINEYARDS IN THE NATION BELONG TO KAKHETI WHILE GRAPES GROWN HERE AMOUNT TO THE HALF OF GRAPES HARVEST IN THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE WELL-KNOWN MICROZONES OF WINE PRODUCTION: TSINANDALI, TELIANI, NAPAREULI, VAZISUBANI, MUKUZANI, AKHASHENI, GURJAANI, KARDENAKHI, TIBAANI, KINDZMARAULI, MANAVI, ENISELI AND GREMI.