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- ArtushMesropovich, you keep running the business of your grandfather and father. And they created one of the best and innovative productions in Kazakhstan. Your colleagues respectfully call you Maestro.

- Really! The first running vine was brought toKazakhstan in 1937 by my grandfather, and the state began to engage in winemaking since 1941.My father continued the work of his grandfather and produced the wine and chacha from the grapes. I was born in 1945 in Djetysu, Kaskelen district. We lived in the village, and my father had a whole laboratory in the cellar of our house. I remember how the days of harvesting and processing the crops for the whole village turned into a holiday. These days everyone tasted wine, fermented, young and sweet.I followed in the footsteps of my grandfather and father and continuing their vocation.Now, my grandson helps me.I hope that he will inherit our family business, the boy is very serious and responsible.

- During the collapse of the USSR, you helped many farms to save their vineyards. Thanks to this, we know thatvast varieties of wine grapes are grown in Kazakhstan.You have been cooperating for about 30 years with one of the oldest wineries- LLP Nur.

- During the most difficult times, and these were the 90s of the last century, we consciously incurred direct losses for the preservation of vineyards, especially technical (wine varieties), such as Cabernet, Aligote, Riesling andRkateli.All these varieties were adapted in the Kazakhstan area back in Soviet times, and they are used todayin all Western countries. In SouthKazakhstan Region, despite all the difficulties, the primary grape processing plant, headed by Garnish Oleg Grigorievich, has been working with us for almost 30 years.

This plant is equipped with an Italian equipment, there is a press that processes grapes using a new technology. Itdoes not cut grapes, but squeezes grape juice out of berries,without breaking the pips. Thanks to theinnovative equipment and high professionalism of the workers, whose work experience at the plant is more than 25 years, weproduce the highest quality natural wine material. With such raw materials, it's asin to make bad wine, champagne, cognac and chacha.