More. The interesting to note this area actually has a history of wine making that helps to create the conditions for the Wine Industry to thrive here a router. So is one of russias most famous sparkling wine. If creation dates back to the 19th century, the george, this is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for bringing us out here. There are many places in the world to have hills and never close to the sea. What makes this place abroad . This will stand out as like the place when i see these plays the 1st time i understood that there was Something Special abroad. So i actually know that i know that our place is from, from russia. Here we have a combination of a, as you said, landscape the proximity of a walkthrough, legal black, see the customer. Our region is region which can be very cold in winter and very dry and hot. In summer. We have the influence of the sea, which here brings us my winter and uh, i would say as well after, during the ripening time some fresh or if the temperature of the night, then we can, i mean some other places. So each it brings to some micro condition micro climate condition. Very special. What about that . Our son um we know that Climate Change is affecting the taste of one site. Just have been saying that it really is affecting how winds are evolving. Does that mean that the sparkling wine is that we are tasting now . Are not even close to what we have, lets say a 100 years ago. So locally, i have no idea how was a ton of years ago. I suspect that the in the 100 last year is very many of us power meters, which i have to change is a type of wind rather than just the temperature of the, the type of the house of vines where it could be the although winds were either made in the winery has nothing to do comparing to of which we do today in which we did in the bust me. Even if 100 years ago started the very 1st step of i bought, it also was close to which was made in trumping at this time the people who started to plan some vines here. I didnt know which was theyre feeding the its but i think it was a great idea to put vines here. Well as beautiful as it is out here, a part of making wine and thats the sparkling wine. You have to go down to where the bottles are and then the sellers try to go take a look. Fine, correct . Lets do it in the. So this is fascinating to me to be down here. Can you tell me a little bit about how this one is actually made and what is the process like . Where does the bubbles come from or the natural, you know, its, its, its part of a mystery of sparkling wine. Here we are in a place where the wind over desponding in the bottom, and actually one of the secret of a goods boxing one when its middle classic is the 2nd form addition, which happens in these bulk and which is close to escapes. So it makes that the bubbles remain inside and its the things to some use that we didnt the one with some sugar to create this 2nd according to fermentation, which we call the please the most and for and but its understandable in english as well. And the for next, the last point is to wait to wait a certain time to get this from a session and as well to wait some months. Is it not some years to have this interaction between the wine and the east. What the typical or total of this to have this, but if you cation, which would a gave to the winds of final taste of fine bubbles, good roma, nice book, its, and the behavior a mouse which would be creamy and very dirty case. Mm hm. What about out im turning the bottles. I know thats important for the process. What does that all about . Okay. You mean uh, each day they have to be handled when the day so no, no it. So whats the cause of, let me ask because in the buffaloes we have some of these tend to if we to, if we would take a bottle of, wed see that its cloudy inside and the sparkling wine has to be clear. So these are the steps where we can bring old a used to one point and its this reading processing. We do it by turning by inc. C. 19. And can be 2 times today. Can be sometimes every 3 hours depending if its made by hand. Or if its made mechanically, but its something which takes in till till next minimum of 2 or 3 days and sometimes can be as well to 2 weeks or 2 or 3 weeks. But its to per 1000 is gorgine. What about um to the age of one, in terms of whats the oldest bottling wine that you have here at the facility . To be honest, about will we have some old bottles, but we are not such focus to make connections rather are interested in. Thats a normal timing, 5 years for a q, the employee on a rose. It is already a nice time. I would not say that the best. Why not all the oldest . For me a very good one can be young. And i even prefer the young wine 3. Going to send the old wine. Very good. Mm hm. Well, shall we go see more the winery a deal. Lets go. Okay, so what determines uh, the value of the one. What makes a one expensive versus a cheap one . So there are many factors, some people consider as well. Thats the is the 1st and the guy who is the girl who is making the wine easy. Looks like you want me to shift the crazy. In the, for example, i seen vc is not the critical. Its sort of Pressure Point for me, its much more with the story you for brands, for example, im all just so its 160 years. So its not the stuff to say that the one of these, its cheap line to see times the value of because he has sense such a long time. Now i have to ask your friends, youre starting your tree and friends, youve come here to russian to make wine. Let me just stay here for so long. I met the right people at the right place with the very interesting projects, the quality level are. I would say higher than they were before, but we up front pressing. And the seeing i make for all is for me, very interesting and for that too. So thats why i said the, what you do here, you may not be able to do it somewhere else. So i stays on fascinating conversation. Thank you very much. Youre welcome to this, heres a shuttle to go to a room where their philosophy is to bring a little bit of fresh frontier under wash in soil with a little bit of russian sol as well. Just checking out the, i know that when you 1st started, you waited 15 years until these designs were more of a tour before you started making wine. Why is that . What does the age of divine have to do with the quality of the one . Yes, the go with it, but i was still not glad the, as the grapevines age, the wind they produce gets better. Now this is because older vines have a longer roots reaching deeper into the soil. You plus, they are more resistant to whether fluctuations or making them much better of surviving droughts and a lack of precipitation story, which often happens in the summer and before harvest. Once the roots are deep enough, so that usually takes about 12 years for a vine growing and one place where the grape seals and the resulting wine are of a much Higher Quality level. So the easiest thing so ive read that you do everything you can to prevent the mechanical damage to the grapes. What does that mean exactly . Do do everything by hand . Hand pick can sort on us. So by chance for double, most of the work we do in the vineyard is by hand. Every year we focused on each individual buying at least 4. 00 to 5. 00 times basically every season as we start on our a manual task. The 1st thing we do is the pruning tone, which has meant to adjust the expected yields of divine scope, and this is done to every single grapevine. Sometime after that, we do whats called a shoot fitting. This is another way to regulate yield, to keep the vines balanced, and make sure the grades ripen as evenly as possible. And once we see the grave clusters forming a minute, this is the 1st set phase. We look at each vine separately and decide whether we should do green harvesting. So you know, this means removing some of the grapes in order to help the whole cluster ripen more evenly. Harvesting itself is also done by hand. We picked the grapes and put them in special boxes so that they can be brought to the processing facility in perfect condition and upper free of mechanical damage and on spoils provisioning the. So for me, consistency for businesses important so that you have the same tradition, the same quality of wines each year. But theres so many things that go into the making of wind the weather and can change the harvest can be bad. How do you get that consistency year after year . Yeah. Much cuz thats the, thats whats important. And essentially the style of the one. We have an analogy and the a wind making professionals to customize the wind to create and get this things file defines the file product that goes to the can see my, my number is not in the y making process. I was tossing all the way back from my work into vineyards. Id say say our goal is to identify the best conditions and im more than that. And what you said is absolutely true. As i said, we are in the agriculture world as so you can do so we can have good weather on demand. But nevertheless, we tried to cultivate grapevine data sourcing. Great them any more than the web, with the vine itself. And overall, make sure that the high quality of a wind is maintained. Yeah. After yeah, and i mean, i get, i think a set of course that doesnt change the fact that there are great is one on the 8th. And then the years where all we can do is maintain high quality and have a surprise. But what about these barrels . What are they made of . What happens to the juice inside them . Why are they so important to the one making process . I mean, theres me and i cannot list bad to these comes to play in the final stages of the wind production at the not all wind goes into bottles together. Its only the best us. We edge all wind for about 2 years. This is done in order to add complexity in depth to know also we have over 10 different barrel times, so im so some of these Great Variety is any fine and age separately. So after that we make blends based on which power will produce the best result all how while it adds to the balance, then somebody can assemble as of now when we came in we heard music playing. And i understand that you play Classical Music to your wines. What does that do to the process . Is that just a gimmick, or does it actually help the wind mature or get a better taste . Mesa times we believe thats at the corner of our lives is balance and harmony that the Classical Music helps us maintain, in a sense of balance and harmony. And we believe that one can sense that as well. So the not the shape. Mm hm. Which music is a little wine like the best . I know im, im a problem and weve tried Different Things so far, but were still exploring them just we use pieces by russian composer. So just try going to keep going to most of the most of the. Now i know that a lot of people say, do you know your wines . In your opinion, what does it mean to understand a one . I mean, how do you get to that process . They may have the questions, this is a very difficult question. I havent really been able to find an answer. Sometimes i feel like we really understand one way or which sets as often and more. In spite of frame of mind, you know that most, sometimes it feels like wind assessing a new task for us as a problem to solve, in order to improve on what you can do that. What to adjust some things to better understand the people who choose all lines, but if you have machine the some of the newest wineries here are getting a modern twist. Pad is their impressive architectural designs. Catch the eye to scullys deed. Very good gravitational winery certainly deserves the extra attention. The so this place looks fabulous, but not just the looks you specialize in gravitational winery. Quite simply. What is that . A no sound good . Yeah, no wineries built in 3 level system and you can see it over there. On the top with a great to process the than one level down is one fermentation in storage and the lowest level is for one barrel lane rather. And that way, the product 1st grapes and one loose along the production process from one level to another using only gravity or was if this helps eliminate any unnecessary stress on the grapes and later the wind, which is good for the quality. And we can adjust the process flow the way we need to them. Now. Now i know many winds have laboratories, but yours is impressive. We were in there. Its quite clean. Interesting. Why does winery need a laboratory love what i thought . Yeah. But the laboratory helps us measure certain parameters of the grapes, the juice, and the one to make the right decisions at the right time. Occasionally the lab takes samples to monitor the storage and aging of our winds it so that the wind stays healthy and within the desired parameters in your final product that is bottled wine is sampled, and tested in the laboratory of the me unless it has the latest equipment that allows us to conduct enhanced tests on about 70 samples simultaneously. And then we got a student that is now kind of an interesting question. I guess. I mean, its a beautiful day. Its a hot day, but Climate Change ive heard is changing the percentage of alcohol in the extra wines. Why, how and is that a problem for you . Its a chest thing, some of them now, despite the fact that the climate helps increase the percentage of alcohol and winds enough, the trend is actually the opposite. Is people want winds. With less alcohol, nobody wants high alcohol one. So the alcohol plays an Important Role in shaping the morgan, elliptic and qualities that may have experienced wine makers know how to handle this process. And that, that we work with great funds to slow down the accumulation of sugars and grapes. Here we harvest our grapes, not when they reach a certain sugar content level, but when they are technically right or this new skills video is now you are located next to the woods fish nature reserve to which means you have this modern Technological Facility and nature, right next to each other, is it possible to strike a balance in wine making in nature and technology can yes, now im going at that will of course more over we live in tandem, real nature and everything that surrounds us as part of us as the most even our seller where the wine h, as in barrels is a recess cut out in russia. It, which allows us to keep the desired ambient temperature without using any electricity that. And the gravitational method that we use allows us to avoid the use of electric pump, saving energy, and allowing the product to flow naturally to move by gravity the which are curial. It is said here that making wine is an art. If this is the case, who is the most important artist . Um or sure, yes there. So i believe, and the entire team here believes that the main artist is displacing the nature, the total water. If this region was the way its responsible for the quality of the wine we get here, it includes factors like silent climate and the grapevines. We planted more than 10 years ago. All these things help create a wine and they provide the basis for quality one, making him to them or, and we are merely the medium for transforming all the input data we get into the final product. The glass of wine only was the what color . When you pour a glass of wine, we have these beautiful glasses right here. What do you look forward . You look for the color, the look for the a pass to be the clarity of what are you looking for in a glass of wine a split cuz then yeah, whole legal gunner level takes properties of wine are important. Where youve got any wine tasting stats with the assessment of color, then flavor. But then tast monthly, is there a wine lovers, experts and somebody is with more who lee more focus on the taste, making little of the wines color, real flavor. So dont put, in any case, all these 3 components are important and they should offset one another but remaining of balance while on. So those, and if you going to have one prevailing over the other to appear when the other way. So weve all heard, lets let the wind breeze a little bit. Why does a wind need debris visit a life . I mean, whats the story here . Our sugar s, like when we talk about breathing, we mean access to oxygen to why needs oxygen just like humans. If we block access to oxygen during the wine aging process in the bottle, cuz its development will still have both of them. But so thats why small doses of oxygen are needed or especially for the wine aging and oak barrels across thinking small amounts of oxygen get into the wine through woods pause assistant once the wind is bundled from oxygen, enters through the cool, cool, allowing the wind to grow and gain complexity and richness. When you open a bottle of aged wine, you let it brief for some time to a ration helps the wine opened up, bringing out its text, you have in the room uh for revealing the complexity of it. Okay. So weve all heard about the aromas of wines. Each wine has its own specific smell with different notes. Some could be leathery, some could be fruity, some could be chocolate. The buttery, even weird things like cab p petrol. Where do these come from . Is this just our imagination, or is there something really to this, a little slow that depends on the silence. Great variety. Sure. Groups of very complex memories. They contain a number of chemical elements and mineral substances which later on in various flavors and hands to the wind. And well get to the grapes skins. By the way, not the flesh thats contained most of the coloring agents and flavors compounds here near ralph segmentation and aging, cause the on the lease owing to no barrel. I will help transform these flavors, so im show and you can smell and taste the manual glass of wine on the and lets not forget that wine tasting is a very individual experience. Im not peoples perceptions of one flavor and taste can be different. What was the quote contract when 2 people smell the same line . The sensory associations may be very different and whats the worst . You should hope. Whats yours to that . Think im the number of new family run and boutique wineries are springing up across the region. One of them is missing it, winery, it pays special attention to preserving the taste, the local soil gifts, the wine, but find out more with its founders. Nikita, this is the perfect to setting for a conversation about wine. Now you can be considered a garage winery who is it go as used to and what exactly do you do here . Regardless, meanwhile, the term garage. One is from the fonts. Were different from model one making without advance tools or technologies in this model for the focus is above all on the quality of the grapes would be. Our top task is growing top quality crates to purchase multiple entities of our signature, blank screen. So garage industry is simply refers to the small size of the business site as well. Mm hm. Now it seems to me that a smaller businesses like yours would have a little bit more room to experiment with what you do. Is that true and what kind of experiments have you done here of Business Loan them or thats true, will like to experiment with will like to work . Are wines a little long . For example, when it makes white wine, after the great suppress the juice has to settle to close, the settlement has the form at the bottom leave include juice on the top, the juices done, ready to work with what we like to shake it all up and let it settle again because it makes the juice richard and take them from uh it gives it more flavor. I mean it, thats one example. Try another experimental wines. What is this one right here . It could be called in over done was a or under done brand. So its a good the appointment system, blue blue theres, theres quenching sounds like log log that you make when drinking something delicious and refreshing its alcohol. Content is low. There isnt a lot of good wind producing brush as yet. And so its one of our signature points to mine yet, so its true that we have some room for experiment and wed like to work on each where wines with special care and tweaks to the Production Technology magic mode. Yeah. Mm hm. Now ive heard that here, you have a philosophy to try and limit human interference with the grapes in the process. What does that mean and how do you do that . Most of almost all the guy do you used to pay special attention to the great, so we picked the harvesting time with great care because it defines the style of the one. 0 one thats our philosophy is more of that one major can observe and make time with balance decisions just kind of also we usually dont mix with different grapes, which means we can showcase all the groups works with as their best. And we just, if something were to go wrong, i would always be able to mix and make a caution. Theres the show come on why makers that if you make a mistake or make a good portion of it, its just a joke. Of course, for the sake of the final question, i guess is, i mean the setting is beautiful. It seems fun. Does this job for you, joy, and if so, how so dark and yes, of course it brings me a lot of joy from this more than a job. Its a lifestyle. I thought we do a lot of work here though. Its a lot of farm work, but its always gives me joy no matter how hard to work, the assessment and the best part most is the results and it will stop. So the, the for how this is absolutely stunning. You put a lot of emphasis on to arrive for otherwise a sense of place, but its not just about the soil. What exactly is to are talking about the, where they put this to me a little over 50000000 years ago. There was an ocean where were walking right now, the 10th of this ocean. After it disappeared, the magnetic rocks formed limestone by soil. This type of soil is right under our feet. Uh, this limestone is from that era and the bottle of 50 to 60000000 years ago when the story is originally slime. Rich soil is very good for the vine and got cut off at the also, there was significant drops in temperature at night and the police were under direct sunlight right now to torture on without the window would be very hard special. But at night time, we have to wrap up if youre not gonna have because of the temperature drops to 8. 00 to 9. 00 degrees, maybe even though to verify the difference in temperature during the day and at night provides one with the right level of acidity. Amine around lets say what you are a magic pretty close, as i maintained is good. So we get light franklin wines from here and how much is this you gave me . And one thing ive noticed is that a lot of wineries are proud of their traditions. So thats a big part of the feeling of the business. But you are a new company, a new business. Do you have any traditions that you already have started um, were you wanting kevin . Were small winery . Uh, we already have an established tradition of making a light wind for ourselves from the 1st grapes of the y. And when we work all day and get very tired, we drink one or 2 glasses of this light one to get some of the energy back. In russian, we call this wine at the she moved the choke you and youre not. There is no exact english translations all night, but that is our traditions. Dont open each season with this one to perfect. Now i know that this is harvest time. So what is so important about this time . What happens if you get it wrong . If you harvest too early or too late . How important is that for you guys . Did we monitor different sections of the videos every day . I think this morning we got samples from different parts site and testing. Shell go way, acidity p h, and other parameters we need to know to make sure we set the right dates for harvesting. Each kind of grapes got told him that is the key decisions that everyone make. You said the winds characteristics will depend on it again because that mm hm. Now, there are many different varieties that are famous, merlow, cabernet, southern young and all different types of grapes, but you deal with some that are not quite so i would say ordinary, what do you work with here . Ive got to live, you know, i can have a my science background. I think that you need to grow local great varieties. He asked them yes maam. So we get really good wine for them. You need special area that we all know cabin a from bordeaux on who needs cabin a from a napa, like a good, a good estimate. Great wine from local grapes. Yes, thats the right thing to do. The pleasure of mcbride. And so youre not necessarily a chateau, but how do you distinguish yourself specifically . Oh, got there and theres them as you can see them. There are 2 small oak trees behind us. And when we planted the vineyards, i told the guys to leave them as a landmark if we also have 2 wonderful pets, colgate, to entertain all gas, more than that so you can get them moved, boost through this fund, energy as well as a glass of one of them each item and the 2 wonderful cool ways of very loving that. And they enjoyed meeting new people at the vineyard and my dear thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. So and just a special message from my friends. Alexa and carissa. If you do choose to drink all your local laws and drink responsibly, news the on the moon. When i was just going to see the house is the economy and engagement. Because the trail when so many find themselves, will depart, we choose to look for common ground. The. 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