VLADIMIR IS A ‘NOSE MAN’. HE HAS INCREDIBLY FINELY TUNED RECEPTORS AND TRULY ENCYCLOPEDIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WINE AND GASTRONOMY. HIS PASSION ORIGINATES FROM CHILDHOOD, WHEN HE HELPED HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER IN THE FAMILY VINEYARD — AS HE HIMSELF RECALLS, MORE FORCIBLY THAN AT THE CALL OF HIS HEART.

MANY YEARS LATER, THIS LED HIM TO THE DIPLOMA OF A PROFESSIONAL SOMMELIER, THEN TO THE OPENING OF A WINE RESTAURANT, AND FINALLY TO THE PROFESSION OF A WINEMAKER. VLADIMIR IS A DEVOTED FAN OF ST. PETERSBURG’S ZENIT AND THE ETERNALLY YOUNG GRANDFATHER OF TWO GRANDCHILDREN WHO DOTE ON HIM.

MARINA IS OUR ENGINE. FIREPROOF, UNSTOPPABLE, A REAL PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE. THANKS TO HER OPTIMISM, PERSEVERANCE AND FRENZIED EFFICIENCY, ALL THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAVE TO FACE ARE BEATABLE. MARINA HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ALL HER LIFE, HAS MANAGED HER OWN TRAVEL AND EVENT AGENCY, KNOWS HOW TO ORGANIZE AND HOLD ANY EVENT FLAWLESSLY.

SHE ALSO HAS A PHENOMENAL MEMORY FOR DATES, OCCASIONS AND FACES. SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT EVEN ACCOUNTING AND ALL SETTLEMENTS WITH PARTNERS, SHE IS ABLE TO CONDUCT WITHOUT A NOTEBOOK AND A LAPTOP.

BEAUTY AND CHARM, KINDNESS AND THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN FRIENDLY RELATIONS — THAT’S WHAT WE APPRECIATE ABOUT KATYA. ‘WE’ ARE NOT ONLY HER FAMILY, BUT ALSO HUNDREDS OF OUR FRIENDS AND GUESTS. KATYA COMBINES HER EXPERIENCE FROM WORK IN ‘CONDE NAST’ AND ‘INTERIOR + DESIGN’ PUBLISHING HOUSES WITH HER TALENT OF A PHOTOGRAPHER,

VIDEOGRAPHER AND THE ABILITY TO WRITE LIVELY, VIVID TEXTS, WHICH MAKE HER INDISPENSABLE IN EVERYTHING RELATED TO PROMOTION AND SOCIAL NETWORKS. KATYA IS ALSO THE OWNER OF A PROFESSIONAL SOMMELIER QUALIFICATION, IS PASSIONATE ABOUT WINE NO LESS THAN HER DAD AND ALREADY STARTED TO FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS AS A JUNIOR WINEMAKER.

RUSTAM IS OUR BRAIN, OUR MARKETING GURU AND OUR OWN IDEA FACTORY. HE’S ALWAYS COMING UP WITH CRAZIEST IDEAS, AND WE HAVE TO SORT IT OUT. WE PUFF, WE SWEAR, BUT WE DO IT AND IT ALWAYS TURNS OUT GREAT. IN THE PAST, A TOP MANAGER OF SEVERAL LARGE COMPANIES, IN 2018, RUSTAM LEFT HIS CORPORATE CAREER AND DECIDED THAT WINE DOWNSHIFTING IS WHAT WE ALL NEED.

MOVING TO THE CRIMEA, OPENING A RESTAURANT, BUYING LAND FOR A VINEYARD — HIS IDEAS. RUSTAM IS ALSO A PROFESSIONAL RACING DRIVER, MASTER OF SPORTS, MULTIPLE PRIZE-WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

TIM IS A GOURMET AND A SYBARITE. WHO ELSE CAN YOU BE IF YOU GREW UP IN THE CRIMEA, BETWEEN THE BEACH, THE WINERY AND THE RESTAURANT KITCHEN? IN THE FIRST GRADE OF SCHOOL, HE WAS ALREADY WELL VERSED IN OYSTERS, COULD COOK MOJITOS,

BAKE ROMAN PIZZA, AND DID NOT MISS A SINGLE TRIP TO THE GRAPE HARVEST. LEO PREFERS FRUIT PUREES FOR NOW, HIS SELF-DETERMINATION IS STILL AHEAD. OF COURSE, WE HOPE THAT THE GUYS WILL INHERIT OUR PASSION AND CONTINUE THE FAMILY BUSINESS.