Crimea plans to restore old glory of winemaking

Holding wine festivals and the investment attractiveness of the region will enable the old glory of Crimea as a well-known winemaking region to be restored, the head of Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, said at the opening ceremony of the ‘Golden Bunch of Grapes’ Festival.

RIA Novosti cites Aksenov and reports that he thinks that such events will encourage the development of winemaking and will enable the best producers to be invited to festivals. It should be a start for the development of the traditional sector of Crimea, according to Aksenov.

The head of the republic watched presented stands by famous winemaking plants of the peninsula and private wineries, and congratulated the participants of the festival on Wine Day, which was established by the Crimean government this year.