Visiting Baku for the first time mainly for the F1. Little did I realize that Azerbaijan has its own wine regions! So my wife and I arranged a nice Saturday trip with Nasimi Wine Tours. Was perfectly organized from the hotel pickup to the actual tour and wine tasting. Highly recommended and will use again!

We had an excellent day with Nasimi. He’s a really nice guy, very accommodating, and knowledgeable about wine. The drive through the countryside was beautiful. We tasted a lot of good wines, had a delicious dinner, and bought some bottles to take home with us. This tour was the highlight of our time in Azerbaijan.

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What a fantastic day! It started with a great ride in a clean, comfortable van out of the city with excellent conversation and information from Nasimi. We first stopped by the vineyard, where not only did we walk through the vineyards and try the different grapes, but we also watched harvest picking and met some of the locals working. From there, we went to the plant, where we were able to try all the wines and spirits, even at different stages of fermentation. The wines were delicious, with many unexpected varieties (not just pomegranate), and the spirits were also super tasty. All of this, followed by a wonderful lunch at an overlook before a much-need nap on the way home :) I have travelled quite a bit and have done many wine tours, and this was honestly one of my favorites. The hospitality can't be beat, and there really is so much flexibility to make the tour what you want. We will absolutely arrange more trips of other vineyards in the near future. FYI for COVID - masks were worn and hand sanitizer was always available, as well as bathrooms at each stop to wash your hands.

We have an excellent evening with Nasimi in Baku during our recent trip to Azerbaijan to watch a Wales football match. Nasimi was welcoming and very flexible, and he gave us a fun and informative tour of three local wine bars. The wine was excellent and was accompanied by some delicious snacks. We even returned to one of the wine bars on a separate evening for some more great wine at reasonable prices. If you are a group or family of adults visiting Baku and looking for a refined experience in the company of a local person, then Nasimi's tours are an excellent choice.

What a great afternoon we had... Lots of information provided in a relaxed and fun way. We felt like we were hanging out with our friends, not on a "tour." Entirely enjoyable, I recommend Nasimi completely.

My wife and I did the organic wine tour to the Shamaki Winery. We were lucky enough to enjoy a day out with Nasimi, his wife and gorgeous little daughter. During the trip there, in a comfortable minivan, he provided us with a lot of information on wine making in Azerbaijan. You'll get most of the nuts and bolts of the wine type and style from other reviews on this page so I won't get into it here. Suffice to say that we were given an interesting tour of the Shamaki facility, followed by a tasting in their a wonderful tasting room - among the best I've experienced. Coming from South Africa, I've had a decent amount of experience with this and thoroughly enjoyed it. After the wine tasting we enjoyed a delicious meal in the restaurant and more wine of course. Nasimi ordered for us, I can't recall the names of the dishes, but they were all delicious. After the meal we relaxed on the patio with some tea. My wife and I travel extensively and always enjoy exploring local wine culture. A wine tour with Nasimi is a must do if you are in Azerbaijan. He was also kind enough to keep in contact with me and gave us recommendations on wine bars to visit in Baku and local wines to try. I wish Nasimi all the best with his endeavours!

This tour brought us to Meysari village, 2 hours driving from Baku with a comfortable mini bus, a good driver and Nasimi as guide. He is a very nice guy, speaking perfectly English, giving all kinds of information about the country, the people and answering all of our questions. We were lucky to arrive at the time of harvesting on this (rather young) winery, the grapes were pressed into large tanks, giving a nice smell, a very interesting experience! After that we visited the vineyard and tasted some grapes, mostly from French origin. Next was the winetasting with very interesting wines in a beautiful wine cellar and we concluded with a nice qutab lunch (local pancakes). The way back to Baku was perfect for a little wine nap. We highly recommand this tour and Nasimi as the perfect guide!

If you’re looking for a wine tour within an hour of Baku, Nasimi’s Wine Tour Baku is the one for you. Nasimi built the perfect itinerary and thought of everything. We were a group of 6. He and a driver picked us up promptly and we were off to Fireland winery. Throughout it all, Nasimi was the perfect host. Friendly, incredibly knowledgeable, and perfect English. We arrived around 11 am and started with some tea and conversation. Then we toured the vineyards, sampling the delicious grapes that make the wine. It was a beautiful setting and great to learn a bit about the history of the vineyard and winemaking in Azerbaijan. Next we watched as the workers brought in large containers of grapes for processing. I’d never seen this in other wineries in the US before. It was interesting to watch the process. Then it was off to see how wine is made in the traditional clay pots, similar to Georgian winemaking. We even got to smash some of the grapes. All the while we got to sample dozens of wines, starting with white building up to red. Afterwards we made our way inside to taste wine from the barrel. It was so cool to see the barrels in the wine cellar. Finally we concluded our tour with more tastings from already bottled wine paired with cheese, meat, olives, fruit, and bread. Nasimi even provided a cake for a friend whose birthday we were celebrating. It was the perfect trip length (around 5-6 hours, including driving) and the perfect itinerary for a short excursion to sample delicious wine. I look forward to drinking more of the wine that I brought home with me. Highly recommend this tour with Nasimi!

Amazing experience guided by Nasimi! We learned not only about wine culture but also about Azerbaijan. We did the wine tasting and everything was lovely!!! After that Nasimi arrange food and that was fantastic!!!

Excellent personalized tour by Nasimi, specially adapted to our interests and needs. We highly appreciate his dedication. The tasting room has a charming environment for wine tasting, we loved the pairing set up with local cheeses. The wines from Shirvan are of very good quality. The explanation of the staff showed us the great hospitality of Azerbaijani people. The delicious lunch at Abqora restaurant allowed us to learn more about local cuisine. Totally recommended tour if you want to know about Azerbaijan, it’s food, landscape, wine and history and of course an amazing experience guided by Nasimi.

Spent a fantastic day with Nasimi in Savalan vineyard. This is something you must do when you are in Baku, ensure one day is reserved. We picked up from our hotel on time and headed towards to Cubala district. Nasimi had panned everything so well, we enjoyed the comfortable ride while looking at beautiful view around. Of course stopped in few places to take photos and treated us with a traditional tea and sweets on the way by the famous lake near cubala. After couple of hours we reached Savalan winery with a warm welcome from the head sommelier and team. We weren’t lucky as fruits weren’t ripe enough but glad to see how they were treated and seen beautiful vineyard. Spend few minutes taking photos, tried couple of grapes while operation team explain about the vineyard. And it’s a beautiful place to be at! We then entered the factory and gone through each process how this amazing art of wine come to a bottle. Best part started with the head sommelier where we offered to try ample amount of wines. Gone through each wine deeply with tasting notes and also give a sheet for us to rate different wines that we tasted. Obviously you also can buy your favorite wines from there and you pay a very little amount. Overall, it was great experience and I must say this is something you must do when you are in Baku. Let Nasimi to organize everything you all need is to sit back and enjoy! Thank you for this amazing time and definitely recommending this to anyone who want to explore out side of Baku as well as those who wants to know at of wine making.

We opted for the organic wine tour in Shamakhi through Nasimi Wine Tours and it was truly a pleasant trip! Nasimi personally greeted us at the hotel lobby with a posh and comfy ride 10 minutes before the pickup time to grant our personal request. The winery was 2 hours drive from Baku and was very calm at the time of our visit. Grape harvest and full factory operations will most likely happen between August til October. Afrooza, from the Shirvan Winery team showed us the vineyards, wine factory and explained the wine-making process alongside Nasimi. We were guided to the beautiful wine tasting hall with variety of wines and snacks. Make sure you'll buy at least a bottle of their wine as you can't easily find them in the city. Nasimi's passion emanates through his articulate knowledge of wines, history and gastronomy that will surely stimulate your brain cells and taste buds. We left the winery with a happy tummy, enriched minds and delighted souls. My traveling party works in the Tourism industry making us very particular with tour operations. Nasimi's skills and hospitality is beyond what we expected. Given a chance to go back, we’d definitely go with Nasimi not only for wine tours but also for other tour options on other parts of Azerbaijan!

Nasimi and Yardigar were Very good. We visited Fireland Vineyard as a part of our Wine tour. Nasimi is very Friendly and I would highly recommend him !! 5 Stars to the team..

Having Nasimi and Yardigar was the best decision we made on this trip. We had him take us in a tour for the 4 days, Mercedes minivan and safe driver, as for Nasimi and Yerdigar, both can give u great details in the city. If ur going Azerbijan , must call Nasimi... thanks a lot for the wonderful 4 days.