La Cité du Vin is a wine museum, a cultural center of world winemaking traditions. Opened in the French location of Bordeaux in 2016. 3 thousand square meters are dedicated to the culture of wine production and consumption from different parts of the world. And from 2022 — to Ukrainian wine as well.
That year, the Ukrainian Viticulture and Wine Industry Corporation “Ukrvinprom” became an official partner-ambassador of the Foundation of Wine Culture and Wine Civilizations, which manages the La Cité du Vin center.
On August 30-31, 2022, within the framework of this partnership, we conducted a selection of ambassadorial “ambassador” wines from national producers within the innovative project “Ukrainian wine – part of the world cultural heritage of La Cité du Vin wine”. The best samples became “ambassador” wines and already represent Ukraine in the unique cultural center of wine La Cité du Vin.
Members of the tasting commission during selection
According to the decision of the tasting committee of the All-Ukrainian selection of “ambassador” wines for La Cité du Vin, wines from national producers won in the following categories:
• “Ordinary dry table wines”:
Winners of Ukrainian Wine Ambassador 2022
– Pink “Rozhevyi kvadrat” from FG “Father’s wine VB” Fathers wine
- “Ordinary dry varietal table wines”:
– White “Beykush Telti Kuruk” from Beykush winery LLC
– White “Chardonnay” from TM “My Wine Eduard Gorodetsky”
– White “Citrony Magaracha” from “Vina Zaporizhzhia” LLC Graevo. Craft winery
– Red “El Capitan Pinot Noir” LLC “46 Parallel Wine Group” 46 Parallel Wine Group
– Red “Mykolaivske” from “Sterkh” LLC
- “Ordinary table wines of a special type”:
– Dry varietal white “Buzkiy Fleur” from “Sterkh” LLC
- Ordinary, matured, table varietal dry wines:
– White “El Capitan Pinot Blanc” from “46 Parallel Wine Group” LLC
– White “Chardonnay Grand Reserve Shabo” from “PTK Shabo” LLC SHABO
– Red “Cabernet Merlot LX” Kolonist” from Veles LLC, TM “KOLONIST” Wine Kolonist
– Red “Cabernet Sauvignon ACE” from TM “Stakhovsky Wines” Stakhovsky Wines
– Red “Lytse” from FG “Tatove vino VB”
– Red “Cabernet Grand Reserve SHABO” from “PTK Chabot” LLC
- “Dry vintage table wines”:
– Red “Grand Admiral Saperavi” from “46 Parallel Wine Group” LLC
- “Vintage sweet dessert wines”:
– White “Chyzai Troianda Karpat” from LLC “VK CHATO CHIZAY” Chateau Chizay – Chateau Chizay
- “Sparkling wines”:
– Champagne of Ukraine “Odesa Prestige” brut from “Prestige-Group” LLC
– Sparkling brut white “Chateau Chizay” from LLC “VK CHATTO CHIZAY”
– Sparkling brut pink “My wine Eduard Gorodetsky” from TM “My Wine Eduard Gorodetsky”
- “Aged sparkling wines”:
– White Brut Nature 2014 from PrJSC Artwinery Artwinery
– Rosé Brut 2018 from PrJSC “Artwinery”
– Red semi-sweet 2020 from PrJSC “Artwinery”
The project is non-commercial and long-term. For its support and successful implementation, we will hold tasting and presentation events at high state and international levels together with the Ukrainian Institute of Wine, the Association of Sommeliers of Ukraine with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Production and Consumer Service, and the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine every year.
The presence of Ukrainian wines in La Cité du Vin is more than an image. This ensures the presentation of Ukraine on the wine map of the world as a wine-producing state. It supports Ukrainian winemakers, expands their export borders and recognition, accelerates the exit of the wine-growing industry of Ukraine from a state of deep crisis, which intensified as a result of the military aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
On November 14-15, 2022, the Ukrvinprom Corporation held the first presentation of the viticulture and winemaking industry of Ukraine at the Foundation of Wine Culture and Wine Civilizations, which was dedicated to the Day of the Grape Grower and Winemaker of Ukraine (Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 403/2020), which Ukraine now celebrates thanks to the initiative of Ukrvinprom .
On that day, we presented the culture, heritage and value of Ukrainian winemaking to a wide audience. They showed a film about the history of the industry and the consequences of the war for Ukrainian winemakers. Destroyed vineyards, stolen wine collections, destroyed warehouses – all this should be seen by the world.
Since that day, Wine of Ukraine is available to every visitor of La Cité du Vin.
“Wine is a universal language that transcends borders, centuries and beliefs.”
In honor of this event, we have developed thematic postage stamps, which, for the time being, are in limited edition, reminding of the beginning of a new history for Wine of Ukraine.
