Blessed Crimea: wine plant "Massandra" and other unique wineries

The World famous Crimean wines plants are on the coast of the Peninsula. Most of them are concentrated between Sevastopol and Feodosiya. Wine began to produce in the days of antiquity. Industrial way moved more than 150 years ago.

Russian "champagne"

The Special microclimate of the Crimean Peninsula gives you the opportunity to grow a huge variety of grapes. Some plantations can boast surviving local varieties of vines and valuable European. This is why wine range of the Crimea is very rich.

Many local wines have received international awards and prizes. Each Crimean winery has a tasting room, a small Museum that preserves the history of the plant and offers several tour routes for the production and cellars.

Winery «Kyiv»

The Legendary Association is located in Massandra village on the coast of the Crimea Peninsula. Winery with two branches known in the world for a very long time. The climate of the South coast (long hot and dry summer) gives you the opportunity to cultivate first-class vine. Plus, high level of professionalism and daily work of wine-growers – that's the secret of the famous Massandra wines. The winery is “Annex” is a party to most international tastings and competitions. In each such event the wine "Massandra" necessarily fall into the list of awardees, and the infamous ‘white Muscat red Stone” has two Grand Prix.

Release of wine, "Massandra" put on a scientific basis from the first day of work of the enterprise. Research and development conducted at the research Institute of viticulture and winemaking “Margach”, located in the same tract on the Crimean Peninsula. The winery is “Annex” produces beverages for gourmets. Sommeliers from different countries of the world consider delicate Massandra wine is a masterpiece of art. The best of them are stored in the wine shops of the Crimea.

Meet the “Sun valley”

Since 1888, the estate of Prince Gorchakov called “duration” becomes the brewery "Sun Valley". Manages Prince-winemaker Lev Golitsyn, the founder of Russian winemaking and viticulture. Under his personal leadership was laid the famous plantations in the kozsky valley. For the plant for the production of wine "Sun Valley" (Crimea), except grapes Kokur, tashly, Sary-pandas, were planted new vines of European varieties: Sersial, Riesling, Sauvignon, Muscat, Pinot Gris, Saperavi and Cabernet.

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By the spring of 1893 under the leadership of the lion of Golitsyn in the rocky slope Delikli Kai was cut through a huge cellar for maturing and storage of wine.

By the early twentieth century, the plant fell into disrepair and the vineyards degenerated, and only to the 50-th years of the last century began the slow recovery of grapevines (especially indigenous varieties) and wine production.

Today, the factory at the farm "Sun Valley" (the Crimea) is one of the best wine productions of the Peninsula. While drinks «Black Colonel” and “Black doctor” is the calling card of the factory.

Export sparkling wines of the Peninsula

There on the Crimean Peninsula winery “New world”. It is located in the same village. The beginning of the enterprise dates back to 1878. Aces wine art produced sparkling wines: the dry, semi-dry, Brut and dry.

Start of production of sparkling wines in Russia also laid Lev Golitsyn. By purchasing the estate in the village of New Light, the Prince-winemaker paved a solid road, built a shop for the manufacture of wine, facilities for employees and tunnels in the rocks for the maturation and storage of noble drinks. Then started experiments on the production of sparkling wine. The result of a decade of development was the champagne “Paradise”. Following came the ‘New world” and “Crown”.

A Particularly successful party is considered to be sparkling wine (60 000 bottles) release 1899. In France, champagne this year received the highest international recognition - Grand Prix.

Modern history

The Novy Svet Sparkling wine manufacturing proud won gold (five) and silver (ten) awards, brought from competitions of the international class.

Germany is a major exporter of wine enterprises “New world”.

Return home

Since he returned to Russia, the Crimea, the winery is “New world” is restored, it appears many new traditions. One of them – tours of famous cellars, production workshops and Museum with the obligatory removal of samples.

“New world” is proud of its products

“the house of Prince Lev Sergeyevich Golitsyn” is the most frequently ordered tour. After the excursus into the history of the plant with a video presentation, guests can taste sparkling wines at the event, “present” the Lieutenant Rzhev, Madame de Pompadour, the gods of the Greek Olympus, Ellochka-lyudoedka, Bender and unforgettable spirit of Prince Golitsyn. The meeting was held in the beautiful hall for degustatie.

There is an excursion destination for lovers of history. The main point of it – endless tunnels for aging sparkling wines. The program includes a mandatory visit to the Enoteca, which keeps unique samples (some of them more than 100 years). Tour ends breakdown of the six brands of sparkling wines and champagne. While there is tasting, the tour guides tell historical facts associated with the emergence of champagne as a drink and home wine «New world”.

The Winery is “New world" offers an interesting, informative tour around the plant. The most intriguing part – technological operation disgorging. This is the first most important procedure in the production of champagne. At the end – the obligatory tasting. Children on this tour not taken.

There are tour of “Breweriana” – for fans of dry champagne. It includes a visit to the rocky basements. In them, the tourists get to remuage, one of the main technological operations in the manufacture of effervescent drinks. And during the story about the history of the plant and characteristics of Novyi Svet champagne in the tasting room, visitors have the opportunity to taste six brands of Brut.

Another incredible adventure - “Royal” tour. Tourists are invited to visit the cellars and taste the luxury brand of champagne in the office of Prince-winemaker of the lion of Golitsyn.