The first vineyards in this region were founded by Greeks and Genoese people.
Some grape varieties were brought here by the Turks 500 years later.
The first information about the Shabo settlement was found in cartographic guides
of 1788. It is considered by historians to be the year of the village founding. A colony
of Franco-Swiss settlers was founded here at the beginning of the XIX century, in 1822,
under the orders of Emperor Alexander I. Among them was a scientist and wine-maker
Louis Tardan, who planted the first grape vine of classical European grape variety in
Shabo and introduced the technology of its cultivation and winemaking. The
experienced wine-grower has identified this area as the most suiTable for the creation
of the "Great Wine".
"Shabo" company has successfully gone from the regional trade mark to a national
company offering consumers a wide range of high-quality products.
Every year, the "Shabo Wine Culture Center" is visited by tens of thousands of
tourists. There, the excursions are organized with great success, as well as activities
aimed at improving the culture of drinking, promoting healthy lifestyles, strengthening
family traditions. The duration of excursions with tasting is almost 2.5 hours. The
guests are accompanied by highly professional sommelier guides, who demonstrate
production facilities, museum exposition, review of the technological cycle of
vinification, sherry basement and cognac hall, consumer tastings of sparkling and silent
wines, cognacs and vermouth of local production, brand store [8].
The uniqueness of this object was appreciated not only by consumers-
connoisseurs of noble drinks, but also by international experts. In September 2011,
under the auspices of the Council of Europe, the "Shabo Wine Culture Center" became
the venue for an international forum "European Heritage Days", which was included
in the European map of wine museums and named as the cultural heritage of Europe.
"Shabo Wine Culture Center" is a member of the International "Association for
Cultural and Tourism Exchange".
An example of the formation of an innovative wine tourism destination is the
winemaking enterprise "Colonist",which is a small family winery founded in 2005 in
the south of the Odessa region, in the village Krinichne (the native village of the
founder and owner Ivan Plachkov). The company produces no more than 140,000
bottles of premium wines per year, which allows to pay more attention to the quality
of wine and introduce new technologies.
The wine produced by this enterprise under the "Colonist" trademark was awarded
the highest marks at the prestigious tastings of 2006-2013. Among them are specially
marked Table white wine "Sukholimanske" and Table red wines from the "Pinot Noir",
"Cabernet Sauvignon", "Odessa Black" varieties.
The company "Colonist" jointly with the travel agency partner firms offers
various wine tours. For example, in spring, in addition to excursions to vineyards,
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