EVS volunteers Lifted their Glasses with Champagne

Last week the EVS volunteers of the projects ACTYVE.UA and NICE.UA visited the Artemovsk Winery. The organization of trip was handed by “Alliance” and our partner, RUNY.

After a 2 hour drive from Donetsk to Artemovsk, we arrived at the winery and our foreign volunteers warmly greeted 2 English-speaking guides, Irina and Alexey. For the duration of our tour, they introduced us to the classical methods of making champagne, or rather, sparkling wine. They told about the history of the plant, the varieties of grapes, the various technologies used in the preparation of champagne, and showed us the various rooms where the bottles are stored to turn wine material into sparkling wine.

After the plant tour, all the participants of the excursion had an excellent opportunity to taste the “wine material” from which directly produce champagne, and try a few of its brands of champagne.

The volunteers enjoyed the trip and, of course, they now know of a sparkling wine they can buy that is local to the Donetsk region.

Projects ACTYVE.UA and NICE.UA are implemented with the support of the program “Youth-in-Action” offered by the European Union.

These projects are implemented with the support of the European Commission. This publication reflects only the views of the author, and the Commission is not liable for the possible use of these materials