Wine from the Krim Island:

Past and present:

The winegrowing is very famous on the Krim Island. The strait band at the coast of the Black Sea and the Krim Mountain is famous since the I9th century, and turned into a residence for the russian Aristocracy, building sanatories and health resorts. The General Governor of the Krim Lord Michail Woronzow and his followers Lord Golizin and the erudite Alexander Egorow, all of them were big wine fans and accountably for the huge success in the world of the wine from this region. The History of Massandra: This is the best wine company of the peninsula- Massandra- is a part of the health resort Yalta. 2250 hours of sun per year adduce very collar grapes, which can be processed into sweet wine, which became very popular in cold climate regions. The company was founded I894 by the tsar Nikolaj II. The wines of Massandra were parceled to the Royal family, because of the high quality. In the more then II0 years old history of Massandra a big collection was finely build, in that way this collection was fixed in the Guinees book of records. Also they are owners of 2 Super Grand Prix, 5 Grand Prix and over 200 gold and silver medals of the international Wine Trophy. Massandra owns the biggest Onothek of the world.