Massandra

Famous state winery of Ukraine on the outskirts of Yalta on the south coast of Crimea. Today it comprises around 2,500 hectares of vineyards with several satellite farms. Near the village of Massandra, Count Mikhail Vorontsov (1782-1856) had the Alupka Castle built and vineyards planted, for which he imported new grape varieties for the Crimea, such as Aligoté, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pedro Ximénez and Sémillon, among others. Prince Lev Golitsyn owned the Novy Svet (New World) winery nearby, where he produced sparkling wines and established the fame of Crimean spark ling wine. Inspired by Vorintsov, the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) commissioned Prince Golyzin in the 1890s to build the "most beautiful winery in the world" near the village of Massandra, as well as to develop the southern coast for the production of sweet wines. This had the sole purpose of supplying wine to the Tsar's summer residence Livadia.

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