Association "Massandra" (Crimea): history, wine brands and interesting facts

The association "Massandra" (Crimea) consists of the main large winery and nine state farm-factories, which have the names: Gurzuf, Livadiya, Alushta, Tavrida, Greet, Malorechensky, Sudak , "Veselovsky" and "Sea". The vineyards have an area of about 4000 hectares.

About the winery

Famous for the whole world of winery "Massandra" (Crimea) was founded by Prince L. Golitsyn in 1894. He chose the perfect place with an excellent microclimate for creating wine cellars - it is a mountain slope near the city of Yalta. The factory was built very qualitatively. Its walls did not give a single crack in the earthquake in 1927. The main cellar vault was carved in 1898 in the rocks and has seven tunnels fanning out from the central gallery. Each of them has a length of 150 meters and a width of about 5 meters. In the basement, the optimum temperature is maintained for maturation and aging of the wines - this is about 10-12 ° C. For washing bottling containers use spring water from the Massandra source.

Benefits of Crimean wine

A distinctive feature of the company - all brands of wines are produced only from own grapes. Plantations of the association "Massandra" (Crimea) are stretched along the Southern coast from Foros to Sudak, where there is a unique subtropical microclimate in combination with crushed rocky clay soils and mountain relief. These conditions favor the cultivation of grapes with unique flavor properties. On the plantations grow the best varieties of Greek, French, Spanish and Rhine grapes. From it create dessert and strong wines, which are characterized by rejuvenating and healing qualities. Using the ancient and proven traditions of winemaking, specialists do not add sugar and chemical additives to wine materials, from which they produce fortified, table or collectible wine brands. Thanks to this, Massandra wines are good for health. But it is necessary to know that they benefit only at moderate doses: a man can consume 200 ml without harm to his health, and a woman - 150 ml of wine per day. Scientists have proved that in red wine there are many important elements for human life.

Wine brands

Association "Massandra" (Crimea) offers many varieties of different wines: semi-sweet and dry table, fortified, liqueur and dessert. Massandra's collection is famous for the fact that each brand is unique. Today their number is more than sixty kinds. Muscats are especially popular. For example, Muscat White Red Stone twice received the nomination of the world's best wine at international exhibitions. Wine varieties are different in taste, but they all have excellent quality and long-term aging. This fact is proved by numerous awards of international exhibitions and tastings. All over the world, one of the best drinks is the Crimean wines. Massandra is a village that not only many Russians and Ukrainians know about, but also foreigners thanks to the winery. In his cellars, the unique varieties of this divine drink are maturing. There are stored more than 400 thousand copies and over seven hundred varieties of collection of domestic and foreign wines. Some of them reach the age of more than 200 years. In total, there are about one million bottles.

Interesting Facts

At various international tastings and competitions the association "Massandra" (Crimea) has won various cups: ten "Grand Prix" and six "Super Grand Prix". Also, the company was awarded 225 gold and silver medals. No other winery company received more awards for its products. Massandra's wines were exhibited three times at the international famous Sotheby's auction. In 2001, the oldest bottle of sherry left the auction for $ 50,000. Today the oldest wine in the collection of the plant is the Spanish sherry of 1775 called "Jerez de la Frontera". There are other species that are more than one hundred years old.