About ten years ago I was on this excursion followed by a tasting. But then I was still young and inexperienced in wine, and I liked champagne in general, and not any particular brand, and the fact that the next morning after this champagne my head simply fell off was taken for granted. Then I still loved semi-sweet, but brut just skewed me. And now this undemanding creature came to the tasting at the ZShV "New World". I don’t remember much of the details, I only remember that at the very end of the tasting they served champagne of some absolutely crazy aging - 15-18 years old. So what? At that time, it was tantamount to throwing beads in front of pigs. Didn't appreciate it. Well, champagne!
After this ten years, I matured. Years of abuse have taken their toll. Now, on the contrary, I drink only brut, and it warps me from semi-sweet. And only champagne made in the traditional way, not soda.
And there were only 4 factories manufacturing this divine drink in the indicated way in the vastness of the Union - Artemovsky and Novosvetsky in Ukraine, Abrau-Dyurso in Russia and Cricova in Moldova.
I bored you with the backstory. In short, succumbing to an attack of nostalgia, we went in August again to the New World. And the budget, as you know, was more than limited. And the cheapest annual brut costs 450 rubles. (in May it cost 385), but I again wanted to taste. At the box office of the plant I read that there are several types of excursions. Historical (400 rubles) with a tasting of 6 varieties of champagnes and sparkling wines; Tsarskaya (700 rubles) with a tasting of 6 varieties of elite sparkling wines (well, this is quite expensive) and Brutherian (450 rubles) with a tasting of 6 varieties of brut. This is the last one I chose. Ticket sales start 15 minutes before the start of the tour.
But when I arrived at the appointed time, I was terribly disappointed - today there was a historical excursion, and the Bruterian one will be tomorrow, and tomorrow we are already leaving. I had to go to the historical and drink anything.
Well, in the first part of the tour, we were first taken around the factory yard, where everything is made from empty champagne bottles - flower beds, a hefty bottle, a palm tree and even a Christmas tree. Then they led me through the cellars, which had a total length of 7 km! The temperature there is low and you need to have a blouse with you. They talked about the hard manual labor of women, of whom the majority work, since men are at risk. Although it would be very risky for me, for example, to work there too. So, in one day, each worker must turn or shift or shake (depending on the type of operation) several thousand bottles!
In addition, those who shake the bottles work in metal visors and overalls, because the wine in the bottle is under pressure, so as not to lie, it seems 16 atmospheres. And the bottles often explode right in your hands. Tin!
Then we went to the enoteca. Despite the fact that the bottles stored in it were naturally corked, the smell there was simply divine! The guide translated to us the motto of the plant from Latin "Vir est vis" - "It was, is and will be. " And he said that the plant staff interprets it in its own way - we drank, we drink and we will drink! Oh people live! And they drink, according to the same guide, exclusively brut cuvé e. Lip no fool! I somehow never saw it in the store, and I can’t even imagine how much it can cost.
And finally, the final part of the tour - tasting!
We were led to an elegant hall with a huge table, the tabletop of which is made in the form of jasper, with glasses already arranged, one-third filled, and vases with cookies for a snack. It so happened that my companion could not go with me, fortunately, I didn’t have to drink alone - the company was more than solid (50 people) and no one could accuse me of alcoholism. Next to me was a young couple from Perm. The girl, looking into her glass, said that there was some kind of film. Her companion went and brought her another, but this one was set aside. The first champagne to be tasted was extrabrut (yum-yum). I quickly drank it (what is there to drink? ) and decided to see what kind of film there is in a set aside glass. I didn’t find anything suspicious, and I told my neighbor that I would drink it if she didn’t mind. And she says, let's divide and leave this glass - let them pour it into it too. So they did.
Every time the guide came up to us to pour another portion, we started asking him some questions so that he would not notice that one glass was extra. However, we were not the only ones so cunning - one company in the corner complained loudly that they had not been poured, although it was clear from their cunning faces that they had already had time to drink.
After the extra brut there was a white semi-dry, then a white semi-sweet (brr), then a pink semi-dry, then some more semi-dry, and for a snack there was again brut, this time red. In general, the evening passed in a relaxed friendly atmosphere. Thanks to our trick, I drank about half a bottle, which, in principle, is categorically small, but it was still pleasant, and I even felt some euphoria.
After the tasting, those who wished could buy their favorite varieties of champagne in the company store on the territory of the plant.
Only the "special prices" promised in some advertisement for the tour were not there. Prices were the same as in other company stores in the village. Apparently the advertisement was old. But the range was much wider. In other stores, the shelves were half empty, at first I thought that the plant had stopped, but the saleswoman said that they were sweeping everything away! And indeed, while we were sitting and drinking in the store a few days earlier, people were buying everything in boxes! And the cheapest annual brut for 450 was not available. I had to drink extrabrut for 510. Moreover, only the first bottle seemed expensive to us. The price of the second no longer mattered. : )))) But that's a completely different story.
And I liked the tour. Recommend.
Unfortunately, as often happens, the batteries on the camera ran out, and the pictures turned out far from all: ((((
After this ten years, I matured. Years of abuse have taken their toll. Now, on the contrary, I drink only brut, and it warps me from semi-sweet. And only champagne made in the traditional way, not soda.
And there were only 4 factories manufacturing this divine drink in the indicated way in the vastness of the Union - Artemovsky and Novosvetsky in Ukraine, Abrau-Dyurso in Russia and Cricova in Moldova.
I bored you with the backstory. In short, succumbing to an attack of nostalgia, we went in August again to the New World. And the budget, as you know, was more than limited. And the cheapest annual brut costs 450 rubles. (in May it cost 385), but I again wanted to taste. At the box office of the plant I read that there are several types of excursions. Historical (400 rubles) with a tasting of 6 varieties of champagnes and sparkling wines; Tsarskaya (700 rubles) with a tasting of 6 varieties of elite sparkling wines (well, this is quite expensive) and Brutherian (450 rubles) with a tasting of 6 varieties of brut. This is the last one I chose. Ticket sales start 15 minutes before the start of the tour.
But when I arrived at the appointed time, I was terribly disappointed - today there was a historical excursion, and the Bruterian one will be tomorrow, and tomorrow we are already leaving. I had to go to the historical and drink anything.
Well, in the first part of the tour, we were first taken around the factory yard, where everything is made from empty champagne bottles - flower beds, a hefty bottle, a palm tree and even a Christmas tree. Then they led me through the cellars, which had a total length of 7 km! The temperature there is low and you need to have a blouse with you. They talked about the hard manual labor of women, of whom the majority work, since men are at risk. Although it would be very risky for me, for example, to work there too. So, in one day, each worker must turn or shift or shake (depending on the type of operation) several thousand bottles!
In addition, those who shake the bottles work in metal visors and overalls, because the wine in the bottle is under pressure, so as not to lie, it seems 16 atmospheres. And the bottles often explode right in your hands. Tin!
Then we went to the enoteca. Despite the fact that the bottles stored in it were naturally corked, the smell there was simply divine! The guide translated to us the motto of the plant from Latin "Vir est vis" - "It was, is and will be. " And he said that the plant staff interprets it in its own way - we drank, we drink and we will drink! Oh people live! And they drink, according to the same guide, exclusively brut cuvé e. Lip no fool! I somehow never saw it in the store, and I can’t even imagine how much it can cost.
And finally, the final part of the tour - tasting!
We were led to an elegant hall with a huge table, the tabletop of which is made in the form of jasper, with glasses already arranged, one-third filled, and vases with cookies for a snack. It so happened that my companion could not go with me, fortunately, I didn’t have to drink alone - the company was more than solid (50 people) and no one could accuse me of alcoholism. Next to me was a young couple from Perm. The girl, looking into her glass, said that there was some kind of film. Her companion went and brought her another, but this one was set aside. The first champagne to be tasted was extrabrut (yum-yum). I quickly drank it (what is there to drink? ) and decided to see what kind of film there is in a set aside glass. I didn’t find anything suspicious, and I told my neighbor that I would drink it if she didn’t mind. And she says, let's divide and leave this glass - let them pour it into it too. So they did.
Every time the guide came up to us to pour another portion, we started asking him some questions so that he would not notice that one glass was extra. However, we were not the only ones so cunning - one company in the corner complained loudly that they had not been poured, although it was clear from their cunning faces that they had already had time to drink.
After the extra brut there was a white semi-dry, then a white semi-sweet (brr), then a pink semi-dry, then some more semi-dry, and for a snack there was again brut, this time red. In general, the evening passed in a relaxed friendly atmosphere. Thanks to our trick, I drank about half a bottle, which, in principle, is categorically small, but it was still pleasant, and I even felt some euphoria.
After the tasting, those who wished could buy their favorite varieties of champagne in the company store on the territory of the plant.
Only the "special prices" promised in some advertisement for the tour were not there. Prices were the same as in other company stores in the village. Apparently the advertisement was old. But the range was much wider. In other stores, the shelves were half empty, at first I thought that the plant had stopped, but the saleswoman said that they were sweeping everything away! And indeed, while we were sitting and drinking in the store a few days earlier, people were buying everything in boxes! And the cheapest annual brut for 450 was not available. I had to drink extrabrut for 510. Moreover, only the first bottle seemed expensive to us. The price of the second no longer mattered. : )))) But that's a completely different story.
And I liked the tour. Recommend.
Unfortunately, as often happens, the batteries on the camera ran out, and the pictures turned out far from all: ((((
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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