Qvevri Wines in a Place You'd Never Expect
Downtown · Vancouver · Georgian · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · June 29, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Dediko’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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You're in downtown Vancouver, Washington — not exactly a hotbed of natural wine culture — and the menu lands in front of you with a list of Georgian wines you've almost certainly never heard of. It's disorienting in the best possible way. Dediko is doing something genuinely unusual here, and that alone earns our attention.
The list is small but stays in its lane: this is a Georgian wine program through and through, with dry whites, amber qvevri-fermented bottles, semi-sweet reds, and traditional blends all representing the country's wildly diverse grape varieties. Rkatsiteli, Saperavi, Khikhvi, Kindzmarauli — these are names most Pacific Northwest diners have never encountered, and Dediko is one of the only spots in the region putting them front and center. The depth isn't there for a wine geek who wants vertical options or regional variety, but as a curated introduction to a single wine country, it works. Just don't come looking for a Willamette Valley Pinot or an Italian sidebar — this list is Georgia or bust.
We couldn't confirm a by-the-glass program from available data, which is a miss — Georgian wines by the glass would be a huge draw for curious first-timers hesitant to commit to a full bottle of something unfamiliar. If the pours exist, they're not being promoted. That's a lost opportunity.
Chateau Mukhrani Reserve Royal — $75
At 150% markup, this is the least gouged bottle on the list — still not cheap relative to its $30 retail price, but it's the closest thing to fair pricing Dediko offers, and it's a legitimate Georgian red blend worth exploring.
Badagoni Khikhvi
An amber-style white from a grape almost no one outside Georgia can name — Khikhvi produces oxidative, textured wines that drink more like an orange wine than anything in your usual rotation. Most tables will skip it without a second glance. That's their loss.
Tbilvino Kindzmarauli
At $60 for a bottle with a $16 retail price, you're paying a 275% markup on a semi-sweet red that's widely available and not especially complex. The style is pleasant but the value math here is genuinely bad.
Marani Rkatsiteli + Adjaruli Khachapuri
Rkatsiteli is a dry, slightly austere white with enough acidity to cut through the molten cheese and egg situation that is the Adjaruli Khachapuri — it's the regional pairing that just makes sense, the way Chablis makes sense with oysters.
The Bottom Line
Dediko is a Wild Card in every sense — it's a cozy Georgian café in a strip of downtown Vancouver serving wines most locals have never tasted, and that alone makes it worth a visit. The markups are hard to love, but the experience of drinking actual Georgian wine with actual Georgian food is singular enough that we'd still tell a curious friend to go.
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