Winemaking business in Russia
I was recently approached by a correspondent from a business publication, who asked me to answer a number of questions regarding the winemaking business in Russia. Due to the fact that we had a limit on the number of characters, I decided to publish the complete version of my responses.
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THESIS “Brettanomyces in Wine, a Fault or Not?”
Brettanomyces (or Brett) in wine is a topical problem nowadays because of its obscure nature, the rapid spread throughout the wine world and various opinions on this subject. Generally speaking, nowadays there are three major groups of wine experts who have ever dealt with Brettanomyces.
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The bulk shipping of wine versus bottling at source
The first thing to be mentioned is that until January 2017, when talking about “bulk” we refer to wines sold in containers above 2 liters, including bag-in-box.
Transport (export) of wine has changed considerably over the ages but a wide variety of different methods, from tanker to a bottle sent by mail, are still used...
Biodynamics. Part 1.
The last decades of the 20th century were marked by the revival of biodynamics in vine growing and winemaking under the guise of product purity. People are ready to pay more to get an organic product which holds some allure producers manipulate customers with under the BIO trademark. The hustle and bustle of a hectic life, having to solve mundane questions do not give people any chance of slowing down, pushing the stop button and looking around. Nor do they give any chance of using such a vital asset as time to sort out what biodynamic farming and its products with regard to vine growing and winemaking really are. That is why this movement confidently filled its niche in the global economy.
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