{"title":"Beykush Winery","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew wineries anywhere make wine in conditions like Beykush's: a small family estate on a cape jutting into the Black Sea near Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, that has kept its vineyards going through Russia's full-scale invasion and still turns out some of the most interesting wines coming out of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEugene (Yevgen) Shneyderis planted the vineyards on the Beykush peninsula, by the village of Chornomorka, after having the soils analysed, and made the first vintage in 2014. Water surrounds the site: the Berezan estuary on one side and Beykush Bay on the other. The vines grow in well-drained red clay and loam. Farming is organic, and the grapes are picked and sorted by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plantings are a deliberately wide mix: Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio; Merlot, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon; Georgian grapes such as Rkatsiteli and Saperavi; and experimental rows that have included Albariño, Timorasso, Tempranillo and Malbec. The one to seek out is Telti-Kuruk, a native Black Sea white listed on Slow Food's Ark of Taste, which Beykush ferments in steel and rests on its lees for a textured, coastal white. Artania is the name of their affordable, everyday red and white blends, and there's an amphora Rkatsiteli too.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beykush-winery-artania-dry-red-blend-2022-750ml","title":"Beykush Winery, Artania Dry Red Blend, 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eA serious dry red made 100 meters from the Black Sea, in a Ukraine still very much at war, is reason enough to pay attention. Beykush farms in the village of Chornomorka, in the Mykolaiv region, and Artania is their most ambitious red: a blend built around Merlot and Tempranillo, rounded out with Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, and a splash of the rare Bulgarian crossing Rubin. The grapes are hand-picked in mid-October at full ripeness, and each variety is fermented and aged separately in French and American oak before the final blend is composed. It's fruit-forward and well-balanced, and it carries the salty, coastal signature of where it grows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skurnik [MSK]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44460872433721,"sku":"NYC-1-MSK-`UA-BEY-02-22`-050125-2","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Beykush-Winery-Artania-Dry-Red-Blend-2022-Red-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1746283182"},{"product_id":"beykush-winery-telti-kuruk-dry-white-wine-2023-750ml","title":"Beykush Winery, Telti Kuruk Dry White Wine, 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eTelti-Kuruk is a grape that almost disappeared. Native to Ukraine's Black Sea coast, where it has grown for centuries, it's now so rare that Slow Food added it to its catalogue of endangered foods. Beykush is one of the few wineries keeping it alive, farming just 100 meters from the sea in the Mykolaiv region. The name means 'fox tail,' after the shape of the grape clusters. The grapes are hand-picked in late September, given a brief cold soak, fermented cool in stainless steel, and aged six months on the lees with regular stirring. The result is a distinctive, coastal white you simply can't taste anywhere else, and drinking it helps keep a piece of Ukrainian heritage going.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skurnik [MSK]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44460872859705,"sku":"NYC-1-MSK-`UA-BEY-11-23`-050125-5","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/Beykush-Winery-Telti-Kuruk-Dry-White-Wine-2023-White-Wine-Flatiron-Wines-Spirits-New-York.jpg?v=1786762919"}],"url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/beykush-winery.oembed","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}