Crimean sparkling wine

The well-known Russian sparkling wine "Shampanskoye Krimskoye" was first produced on the Crimean peninsula in 1799 in what were then only small quantities for the Russian Tsar's court. This was done on a large scale and in corresponding quality by Count Leo Sergeyevich Golitsyn (d. 1916), who founded his still existing winery Novy Svet in Sudak in 1878 and won a Grand Prix trophy with his product at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900. This winery is still one of the most important producers of Crimean sparkling wine today. Before Golizyn, Count Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782-1856), among others, had already experimented with sparkling wine production. Crimean sparkling wine is produced in white, mainly from Aligoté, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Riesling, and in red from Cabernet Sauvignon, Madrasa, Merlot, Fetească Neagră and Saperavi.

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