Simple Is More

Curated Journeys

Experiences rooted in place, culture, and connection.

Rows of vines running towards mountains under a heavy autumn sky in Georgia
Photograph: Adrian Scoffham, Georgia, harvest 2023

Journeys thoughtfully crafted to make time to discover a place through its people, traditions, and everyday life. Learn through participation, share food and conversation, and make room for curiosity and connection.

We choose experiences that bring Simple Is More’s values to life: care, meaningful participation, shared knowledge, and the pleasure of being together. Each journey invites us to slow down, pay attention, and discover what matters to the people who call a place home.

Our first journey

Where Winemaking Began, Georgia

Taste. Learn. Make. Bottle.

A small-group journey into Georgian natural wine culture, shaped by Adrian Scoffham’s winery experience and established relationships in Georgia.

Why Georgia?

Georgia’s natural winemaking traditions bring together much of what we value: stewardship of the land, the preservation of endemic grape varieties, knowledge passed between generations, and a deep love of the process.

Our interest lies with growers and makers whose work reflects these values. Through their practices, we explore what sustainability means in everyday decisions, how local traditions remain alive, and how wine connects people to land and to one another.

We want to experience wine as something to make, understand, and share. A place at the table begins with curiosity. Food, conversation, and participation bring us closer to the craft and the people behind it.

This is Simple Is More in practice: making room for care, connection, and the satisfaction of creating something together.

The experience

Visit family and small-scale wineries, taste local wines, and learn alongside winemakers. Explore the connections between wine, land, food, history, and hospitality, including an introduction to qvevri, the earthenware vessels used in traditional Georgian winemaking.

Old vines with the mountains of Georgia behind them
Pickers walking between the vine rows at harvest

Three stages. One week each.

Choose one, two, or all three.

  1. Close view of ripe white and pink grapes

    01

    Discover & Taste

    May 2027

    Explore Georgian wine history and culture through tastings, shared meals, and conversations with local winemakers. Discover endemic grape varieties and the traditions that give these wines their character.

  2. A crate of harvested grapes beneath an old vine

    02

    Learn & Make

    September 2027

    Return during the harvest season to learn through practical participation with local makers. Explore how grapes become wine, with activities shaped by harvest timing, seasonal conditions, and our winery partners.

  3. A single amber bunch of grapes on the vine

    03

    Learn & Bottle

    April 2028

    Explore how wine develops and is prepared for bottling, with opportunities to learn and participate alongside our winery partners.

Each stage is planned as a complete experience in its own right. Joining all three offers a deeper understanding of the winemaking cycle and a chance to build relationships with the place and its people over time.

For wine lovers, curious travellers, growers, makers, and food enthusiasts.Curiosity matters more than expertise.

Register your interest

Tell us which stage or stages interest you.

Pricing, exact dates, itinerary, group size, and booking details will follow. No payment or booking commitment is requested at this stage.

Register your interest by email

ko@simpleismore.life adrian@simpleismore.life

Planned programme, subject to confirmation with local partners.