2024-03-17 10:47:00
Russo-Ukrainian War It started since 2014 before it exploded 2-3 years ago, affecting many industries. Even the sports and wine worlds And there will probably only be Sergei Stakovsky (Sergiy Stakhovsky) related to both circles. It is called from swinging a racket on a tennis court. You have to pick up a gun on the battlefield. country defense and maintain business Ukrainian wine own
Sergei Stakovsky Former Ukrainian professional tennis player He began playing professional tennis in 2003 and played at the Challenger level (2005–2008). His career highs are No. 31 in the world in singles and No. 33 in doubles, and he won his first professional championship in March 2008.
At that time, he was number 116 in the world, creating one feat that stunned the world: Defeat Roger Federer, number 3 in the world, in the 2nd round of the Tennis Grand Slam Wimbledon (Wimbledon) in 2013 was his first win once morest a top 10 hand in the world. But later he was eliminated from the 2022 Australian Open following losing to J.J. Wolf, so he announced his retirement following fighting for 19 years.
Then he returned to his hometown. Until joining the Ukrainian Army under the Special Forces. At the end of February 2022, participated in the Battle of Bakhmut.
Sergei is married to Russian beauty coach Anfisa Bulgakova and has three children, but lives in Budapest. Capital of Hungary since 2014
Sergei FRim first learned regarding wine when he was playing tennis for Villa Primrose, a tennis club in Bordeaux. The sponsor is the famous Chateau wine. Chateau Mouton Rothschild (Château Mouton Rothschild), Chateau Haute Brian (Château Haut-Brion) and Chateau Diekem (Châteaud’Yquem) etc.
Sergei So they began making wine in earnest at the end of 2015, renting 22.5 hectares of land from an old plantation near the Kuklya mountains in the Trans-Carpathians. (Transcarpathia), where the soil is a mixture of clay, rocks, and lava from volcanoes.
Planted Merlot, Saperavi and Pink Traminer grapes. The first vintage was harvested in 2018. Since then, other grape varieties have been planted and many generations of wine have been produced. red wine white wine andOrange Wine
Sergei’s wine is called Ace & W by Stakhovsky. The word Ace means to serve an ace. It is a single serve that the opponent cannot receive. W stands for Win, meaning victory. Some wine labels have a picture of him serving Ace.
Wine label showing Sergiy being served
red wineThe one that made its name is the Ace by Stakhovsky collection, made from Merlot, Saperavi, Zweigelt and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and aged for 10 months in French oak barrels.
part white wine W by Stakhovsky includes Traminer, Riesling, Chardonnay andOrange Wine W by Stakhovsky Orange wine, while limited edition wines are aged for 24 months, for example.
Currently, Ace & W by Stakhovsky wines are exported to many European countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, and Japan. especially Bordeaux Wine Traminer W and Saperavi ACE are on display at La Cité du Vin, France’s and the world’s most famous wine museum.
While in the winery there are tourists who come to visit and taste. Previous Russo-Ukrainian War About a thousand people a year Watch the wine making process Tasting special edition wines Local products, homemade cheese, etc.
“I hope everything will return quickly,” Sergei Stakovsky said…
There are also many more. Wineries in Ukraine affected by the war
Svitlana Tsybak, CEO of Beykush Winery and head of the Ukrainian Craft Winemaker Association, said:
“It was very dangerous to abandon the winery in the first few months of the war. And when you have to come back to work in the vineyard once more, you have to do it in a new normal way. Today, the vineyard is still full of shell casings. Luckily our vineyard was not hit by the rockets.”
Beykush Winery Located along the Black Sea Along the coast of the Mykolaiv region near Odessa, the area was attacked in the first days of the war. This area is still controlled by Ukraine. But because it is next to Russian occupied territory. So it was continuously bombarded.
Beykush Winery was founded by Ukrainian tech entrepreneur Eugene Shneyderis more than a decade ago. Planting international grapes such as Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from France, Tempranillo and Albariño from Spain, Saperavi and Ratsi. Teli (Rkatsiteli) from Georgia and Telti-Kuruk (Telti-Kuruk), a grape native to Ukraine.
while Prince Rubetskoi Winery Prince Trubetskoi Winery, a 128-year-old winery in the Kherson region, is one of the unlucky vineyards. It was heavily damaged by Russian bombs. Today the farm is still full of landmines.
Wine is part of the food and drink culture in Ukraine. Although there is a history of wine production from ancient times But there were some periods of stagnation. It wasn’t until the 11th century that winemaking began to flourish. Began to expand wine-making areas to the northern part of the country. Around Kiev and Chernihiv, with religious leaders or monks leading the way
Popular white wines
Under the rule of the Empress Catherine the Great (Empress Catherine the Great / 1729–1796) In 1783, Crimea became part of the Russian Empire. Count Mikhail Vorontsov was the first to grow grapes in 1820 and founded a large winery near Yalta.
In 1828 the research institute for viticulture Magarach was founded, and today there are over 20,000 wine samples from over 3,200 wine types. Then in 1822, a Swiss grape grower from the canton of Vaud founded the winery called Magarach. Shabo (Shabo, called Chabag in France) in the Odessa area, with royal permission from Tsar Alexander I (Tsar Alexander I)
red wine collection
At the World’s Columbian Exposition 1893 in Chicago, wines from Chabag were displayed for people to taste. It has been well received. and received a medal back
After the Crimean War (1854 -1856) ended, Prince Lev Golitsyn used his personal wealth to Sparkling Wine with production Russian champagne The name Champagner was first given to Novyi Svet near Yalta.
Ukrainian Orange Wines
Later, under the rule of the last tsar, Nicholas II (1868–1918), it was founded. Massandra (Massandra) is now a state winery.
And when talking regarding Ukrainian wine People think of Massandra first. And it was big news when on September 19, 2015, Ukrainian prosecutors ordered charges once morest winery director Yanina Pavlenko. Charged with showing a 240-year-old wine to Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (retired from office in 2011) had a taste while the couple visited the said winery.
Area Massandra
During the era under the wing of the Soviet Union Ukraine There is an area of 2,500 square kilometers where wine grapes are grown. It was the largest wine supplier in the Soviet Union until 1986 when Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev A campaign once morest excessive alcohol consumption began in the Soviet Union. This caused approximately 800 square kilometers of vineyards to be destroyed.
Year 2000, the sky became brighter. From that year onwards Ukrainian wine production and exports have also increased rapidly. Ukrainian wine Exported to many countries in Europe and North America.
The wine that made Ukraine famous is sweet wine (Dessert Wines) and Fortified Wine (Fortified Wine) by the name Area Massandra These wines can fetch huge prices at auction.
Next is Sparkling Wine (Sparkling Wine) called Sovetskoye Shampanskoye or soviet champagne (Soviet Champagne) made using the same process as French Champagne, etc.
Ukrainian wine Just over 20 years ago, the sky turned dark once more. Russo-Ukrainian War The year 2022 has become a new disaster for the Ukrainian wine industry. It’s like being cursed…
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