Rescued From War, Artwine Tells a Complicated Story of Ukrainian Wine
VinePair publishes an in-depth feature on Artwine and the broader context of Ukrainian winemaking, with a dedicated section on Beykush Winery. Patrick Cournot, owner of New York wine bar Ruffian, tastes Beykush wines — an orange Rkatsiteli from amphorae, Reserve Telti-Kuruk, and a white blend — and describes them as “very lively, they could be real stars.” He characterises the Beykush Rkatsiteli as “Georgian flavours with Austrian intent, like one of the eccentric wines of a meticulous Austrian winemaker.” The article also notes that importer Bruce Schneider began bringing Beykush wines to the US after visiting Kyiv wine bar Like a Local’s in 2019, and that the wines are distinguished by their freshness, high acidity, and a gentle mineral salinity from the proximity to the sea.
