Description of the attraction
Winery "Magarach" is located on the southern coast of Crimea. This plant is the cradle of the domestic science of grapes and drinks from it. The secret of wine has been studied at this factory for about two centuries.
At the beginning of the 19th century, by order of Prince M. S. Vorontsov, the "State experimental institution" was created in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. This institution was supposed to breed the best vines and conduct experiments in the production of various wines. Prince Vorontsov was a great admirer of winemaking and in every possible way contributed to its development. In 1852, a winery was built in the Magarach tract (translated as "source"). The first scientists-winemakers at this plant were Franz Gasquet and Anastasiy Serbulenko with the participation of the director of the Nikitsky garden Nikolai Gartvis. They were given the primary task: "To make only healthy wines that can be stored for a long time, without trying to make a similarity to the taste or composition of the bouquet of any already known foreign wines."
Soon, experts in the study of viticulture and wines from it became convinced that the grapes grown on the southern coast of Crimea are ideal for making both strong and dessert wines. In order to better study and consolidate the results obtained, the wine was left in cellars for long-term storage. This is how the collection of the Magarach plant appeared. Until now, the plant's enoteca has a wine that was made in 1836 - Rose Muscat. For the production of wine, the grape harvest of the same year went. This wine is considered to be the oldest Russian wine listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
The Magarach distillery made a lot of efforts to gain a place in the large Russian market, which was full of many famous foreign wines. The merchants who bought the precious muscats from the Magarach factory, without hesitation, diluted them with water, passing off as French sauternes. They did it to get more profit, since French wines were famous for a long time. In order to avoid such falsifications, the wines of the "Magarach" distillery began to be bottled in branded bottles with branded labels pasted on.
The wines of this factory received international recognition only a few years later - in 1873. This happened in Vienna at the World's Fair. A delicate taste, incomparable aroma and a bouquet of taste qualities that are not found in any wine made in other countries were noted here.
The winemakers of this plant have produced domestic brands of nutmeg, port wine, sherry, fine Madeira and many other Crimean classic wines that are very famous in our time.
Currently IV&V "Magarach" is a modern scientific center and a winery, equipped with modern equipment. It produces wonderful dessert and no less wonderful strong wines of the same quality as in past centuries.
Description added:
Fenchik 2016-28-06
The plant was destroyed, the cellars were blown up.
