Профессор Ко Че Юн

Professor Ko Che Yoon

South Korea

The global wine market is expected to grow in the future since organic wines attract more and more attention around the world. I recently got introduced to Kazakh wine by tasting it at the AsianWineAwards, hosted by Decanter wine magazine where the wines have won numerous awards. After that my curiosity for these wines woke up and I immediately decided to go to Kazakhstan, Almaty city. The history of the production of local wines is long and Kazakhstan can attract the attention of the whole world precisely as a country that produces new varieties of wines.

The manufacturer is located 70 km from the beautiful city of Almaty which is surrounded on all sides by mountains which snow-white peaks immediately catch the eye. The road to the vineyards takes about 1 hour by car.

The place where I found myself for the first time impressed me with endless vineyards planted to the horizon, behind which rose mountains covered with eternal snows. The waters flowing from the glacial peaks through the vineyards were cold and the hands dipped into the water immediately froze. I went up to the terrace and drank a prepared glass of rosé sparkling wine made from Pinot Noir grapes and my fatigue vanished like a hand. For half an hour I picked and ate grapes in the fields, rode the national swing and then visited the ArbaWine winery. I was disappointed with the appearance of the building which looked like a warehouse from the outside but when I entered my opinion changed: inside I saw ultra-modern winemaking equipment and oak barrels of wine in the wine cellar.