Artania Red Blend 2022

“Once you are seriously interested in wine, sooner or later the desire to make it yourself comes to mind,” reads the website for Beykush Winery, founded in 2021 by winemaker Eugene Shneyderis. “Passion alone is not enough to make great wine … so we turned to science – we studied the soil, climate, precipitation, temperature, and wind direction.” This boundless curiosity lies at the hart of Beykush, which is located on the spit of land between the Black Sea and the Berezansky estuary, in the village of Chornomorka in the Mykolaiv region. The winery’s 11 sustainably farmed vineyards are situated on mineral-rich red clay and loam soils, and surrounded on three sides by water. The vineyards are primarily planted to French and Italian varietals, including Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet, and Merlot. In addition, there is also an experimental vineyard with varietals such as Telti-Kuruk, Timorasso, Tempranillo, Malbec, and Pinotage.