White grape variety
Buera
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Buera is a white grape variety from Georgia. In the National Wine Agency's 2025 vineyard cadastre it covers 0.5 ha on 9 plots, 0.5 ha of them in Kakheti.
- Wines in the catalogue
- 5
- Wineries
- 3
- Vineyards, ha · cadastre 2025
- 0.5
About the variety
Buera is a white-berried grape name; VIVC records it as a synonym both of Lalvari, a variety of Armenian-Georgian origin, and of the Georgian Bua Kurdzeni. Which of the two a given producer grows is not stated on the label.
Wines
Wines from Buera

Nona's Sunny Wine
Dano Winery
Kakheti
A dry white Georgian wine made from Mtsvane Kakhuri, Rkatsiteli, Buera and Grdzelmtevana, region of Kakheti. Made at Dano Winery. Declared: wild-yeast.

White Blend
Vakura
A dry white Georgian wine made from Mtsvane Kakhuri, Rkatsiteli, Kisi and Buera. Made at Vakura.

Gua
Ghvardzelashvili's Marani
Kakheti
A dry amber Georgian wine made from Mtsvane Kakhuri, Rkatsiteli and Buera, region of Kakheti. Made using the traditional qvevri method, aged in a qvevri; 180 days of skin maceration. Alcohol 14%. Sources note apricot, dried apricot and herbal on the nose and medium-bodied and oily on the palate. Produced by Ghvardzelashvili's Marani.

Amber Qalcha 2024
Vakura
Kakheti
A dry amber Georgian wine made from Rkatsiteli, Kisi, Buera and Khikhvi, region of Kakheti. Made at Vakura.

Qvevri Cuvée 2024
Vakura
Kakheti
The qvevri method. A dry white Georgian wine made from Rkatsiteli, Kisi, Buera and Khikhvi, region of Kakheti. Produced by Vakura.
Where the data comes from
Sources for this page
Description
Facts from ampelographic sources and the country's official registers, in our own words.
Origin
The variety's passport in the Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC).
Vineyard area
Vineyard cadastre 2025, National Wine Agency: plots registered under this variety; plots without an identified variety are not counted.
Wines
Our catalogue: the grape make-up comes from the winery's site or the label.
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