What those jo bidens bizarre visit to israel tell us the green light, a landing page and of cause it was a deal made to allowed a deliveries from egypt essentially does the bye didnt ministration have a strategy . In the meantime, palestinians and gaza are dying as record numbers of the beautiful sun soaked vineyards nestled amongst the breathtaking, rolling hills. As a gentle breeze comes off of the surrounding seat. I comic imagery a french wine country. But this is not france. We are in a coupon, rush out on the black sea where recently theyve got the serious about making some world class wants to learn 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 a 1st time, i understood that there was Something Special from abroad. So the actually, now 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 sea. The customer, our region, is origin 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 having some other places. So eat it, bring some micro condition microclimate condition. Very special. What about that harsh son . And we know that Climate Change is affecting the taste of one scientist 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 had, lets say a 100 years ago. Locally, i have no idea how was your tongue to 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 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 also was close to which was made in trump. And at this time, the people who started to plan some vines here, i didnt know what was their feeling uh 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 for us. Lets do it. The 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 does the process like . Where does the bubbles come from . Are they natural . You know, its, its, its part of a mystery of sparkling wine. Here we are in a place where the wine already sponsoring in the bottom. And actually one of the secret of a good spot. The 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 police the most in french. But its understandable in english as well. And the for next, the last point is to weights to a certain time to get this from addition and as well to wait some months is not some years to have this interaction between the wind and the east with the typical or total of this to have this but if you cation, which would a gave to the winds, a final taste of fine bubbles, good roma, nice book, its, and behavior in miles which would be creamy and very dirty. K. Hm. What about out and 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 which because of let me ask because in the buffaloes you have some you can the, if we to, if we would take it. But we would see that its cloudy inside the spot, the one has to be clear. So these are the steps where we can bring over used to one point and its this reading processing. We do it by turning by ink. See 19 and can we 2 time today can be sometimes areas 3 hours, depending if its made by hand or if its made mechanically. But its something which takes in total mx minimum 2 or 3 days, and sometimes can be as well to 2 weeks or 2 or 3 weeks. But its 2 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, im, i will we have some old bottles that we, uh, nope, thats focus to make connections rather are interested in. Thats a normal timing, 5 years for a cause the employer rosie 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 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 the value of the wind . What makes a wind expensive versus a cheap one . So the manufacturer has some people consider as well. Thats a is a 1st and the guy who is the girl who is making the wine easy looks like you want me to shift the cruise in the for example, i seamlessly is not the critical. Its sort of Pressure Point for me, its much more with the story of a bronze for example, im all just so its 160 years. So its not the stuff to say that the one of these a 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, you come here to russian to make wine. Let me just stay here for so long. I am. Its 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 have progressing. And they seem to 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 fine. Fascinating conversation. Thank you very much. Youre welcome to this. Heres a shuttle go tell them where their philosophy is to bring a little bit of fresh frontier under wash and soil with a little bit of russian sol as well. Just check it out. The i know that when you, you 1st started, you waited 15 years until these designs were more of a tour before you started making one. Why is that . What does the age of divine have to do with the quality of the one . Yes, the go to it, but it was us to not glad the as the grapevines age, the wine 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 grapes 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 tool, 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. It is another way to regulate yield, to keep the vines balanced, and make sure the grades ripen as evenly as possible. 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. Weve 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 because thats the, thats whats important and essential is a style of the one. We have an analogy and a wind making professionals to customize as the wind, to creating a distinct style. Defines the file product that goes to the can see my, my number is not in the wind making process. I was tossing all the way back from my work and live in jobs i face. 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 can you so we can have good weather on demand. But nevertheless, we tried to cultivate grapevine data sourcing great that many more than the web with divine 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 went, 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. After that, we make blends based on which power will produce the best result. All how while it adds to the balance and somebody, somebody either. 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 in us. And we believe that wind can sense that as well. So the not the shape. Mm hm. Which music is a little wine like the best . Um, no, im a problem and weve tried Different Things so far, but were still exploring them just we use pieces by russian composers such as dried gloves, keeps 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 a move in spite of frame of mind, you know that move. Sometimes it feels like one, im assessing a new task for that, maam. The problem to solve, in order to improve on what you can do though, to adjust something. So its best to 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, the 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 in the system and you can see it over there on the top with a greater process the than one level down is one fermentation in storage, and the lowest level is for one barrel anger and youve got way the product 1st, grapes and one moves 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 a winery need a laboratory . Im 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, bottle wine is sampled, and tested in the laboratory over 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 actual 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 wines, and 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 moment, of course, more over we live in tandem, 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 pumps, saving energy, and allowing the product to flow naturally to move by gravity, the which a curio. 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 of this region is the way it responsible for the quality of the wind we get here. It includes factors like sony island climate or, 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, um, really the medium. So transforming all the input data we get into the final product. The glass of wine only was a like other, when you poured glass of wine, we have these beautiful glasses right here. What do you look forward . You look for the color, the look for the past of you the clarity and what are you looking for in a glass of wine . A split because then yeah, whole legal gun 11. Take properties of wine are important. Where youve got any wine tasting stats with the assessment of color to then flavor. Then tast monthly. Is there a wine lovers experts and some of the as with most, who lay more focus on the taste, making little of the ones color, real flavor. So dont put, in any case, all these 3 components are important and they should offset one another preventing a balance while on. So those, and if youre 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 asked uh when we talk about breathing, we mean access to oxygen to wine needs oxygen just like humans. If we block access to oxygen during the wine aging process in the bottle, cuz its development will still last on weight. So thats why small doses of oxygen are needed, or especially for the wine aging in folk barrels across thinking small amounts of oxygen get into the wine through woods. Because this isnt 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 open 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 . At the mill slope that depends on the sony islands, Great Variety, sure. Groups of very complex berries. 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 great skins by the way, not the flesh that contain most of the coloring agents and flavors. Compounds near ralph fermentation didnt aging. Im cuz the on the lease, owing the notes barrel, i will help transform these flavors some show and you can smell and taste the manual glass of wine on the lets not forget that wine tasting is a very individual experience. Im more peoples perceptions of one flavor and taste can be different homework listening. In fact, when 2 people smell the same one, the sensory associations may be very different and then whats the worst you should hold . Whats here so that the number of new family run and boutique wineries are springing up across the region. One of them is the senior 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 a garage east and what exactly do you do here . Regardless, meanwhile, the term garage. One is from the bronze, were different from model one making without advanced tools of technology. In this model, the focus is above all on the quality of the grapes would be our top task is roll, top quality crates to produce multiple entities of our signature, blank screen. And soccer wash, in this case, 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 in our wines a little long. For example, when it makes white wine after the grapes, you press, the juice has to settle to close. The settlement has to form at the bottom. Leave include juice on the top saying the juice has done ready to work with what we like to shake it all up and let it settle again because it makes that used to be tricked and taken from uh it gives it more flavor. I mean it, thats one example try another experimental wine. So it is this one right here. You can because an overdone was a for under done grants. Its a good day, bye into some blue blue. This thirst quenching sounds like log log that you make when drinking something delicious and refreshing its alcohol content is lovely, means there isnt a lot of good wind producing brush as yet, and its not 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 edits weeks to the Production Technology to come out with. Yeah, mm hm. Now ive heard that here. You have a philosophy to try and limit human interference with the grapes and in the process. What does that mean and how do you do that . Most of the bumps though, the guy did 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 a one. Thats our philosophy as a board or that one major can observe and make time with balance decisions as also we usually dont mix different grapes, which means we can showcase all the grapes 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 to if you make a mistake or make it proportional. Assistant job, of course for the sake of 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 brings me a lot of joy from this more than a job. Its a lifestyle. I thought we do a lot of work here. So 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 as the result is it will stop say 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 thing alone over 50000000 using it was not. 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 a bottle of 50 to 60000000 years ago when the story is there is a line ridge solely is very good for the vine. Got cut off at all. So there was significant drops in temperature at night. And the police were under direct sunlight right now to torture on without the wind, it would be very hard special. But at nighttime we have to wrap up because 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 because as i maintained is good. So we get light franklin wines from here, and how much is this the steering . The 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. Uh, do you have any traditions that you already have started um, were you wanting kevin . Id were a small one rate to back up. We already have an established tradition of making a light wind for ourselves from the 1st grapes of the land. 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 bags in russian. We call this wine at the she moved the choke. You and you have no, there is no exact english translations online, but that is our traditional to open each season with this one to perfect. Now i know that this is harvest time. Um, what is all important about this time . What happens if you get it wrong . If you have is too early or too late . How important is that for you . Uh, guys that we monitor different sections of the vineyard every day. I think this morning we got samples from different parts site and testing. Shell go way acidity, ph, and other parameters we need to know to make sure we set the right dates for harvesting each kind of great a couple of them. That is the key decisions that every winemaker is its the wines characteristics will depend on it again, because i know 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, but i would say ordinary, what do you work with here . Ive got to live, you know, can have the my science background. I think that you need to grow the local, Great Variety to ask them yesterday is to be a really good wind for them. You need special here 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 that the pleasure of the private and so youre not necessarily a chateau, but how do you distinguish yourself specifically . Oh, got the 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. Cool gays to entity in august. I think im more than that so you can get them moved, boost through this fun and the j as well as a glass of one. Let me try 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. 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