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Quality like a tradition, wine like an art
The company revives the art of winemaking in an area with unique climatic conditions, where wine industry flourished in ancient times - at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus, in the Savalan valley. This is the most beautiful place of the region, the heart of the Gabala region can rightfully be considered the cradle of winemaking.
To revive the art of winemaking at the foothills of the Great Caucasus in Gabala Region of Azerbaijan, ASPI AGRO has been founded with a brand name ASPI Winery, the main direction of which is cultivation and production of high quality wines. Climatic conditions at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus are almost the same as those in the best terroirs in the South of Italy.
Savalan Valley is situated at the height of 400 meters above the sea level and is surrounded by river; the quantity of rainfall, sunny days and the average annual temperature are ideally balanced here.
The plots of land in the Savalan valley of Gabala region were thoroughly analyzed by Italian experts headed by Professor Eugenio Sartori; soil samples analysis was executed in the laboratories of Italy. Based on results of the research, the most suitable kinds of grapes were selected and delivered by Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, a world leader in the seedling production. Under the supervision of an internationally acknowledged.
Leading expert at Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo (VCR) and Doctor of agronomy and oenology, international specialist on seedling diseases.
Professor Eugenio Sartori, director of Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, visited the new vineyards and according to his opinion, the quality of grown grapes in the Savalan Valley can be higher than that of the same kinds cultivated in Europe. According to Mr. Sartori’s recommendations new and rare kinds of grapes (Alicante Bouschet, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Grenache) were selected and planted on the territory of 66ha.
Leading expert at Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo (VCR) and Doctor of agronomy and oenology, international specialist on seedling diseases.
The first grapes were harvested from the vineyards during August- October 2009. To create high quality wines ASPI Winery developed and constructed a plant with the state-of-the-art equipment from Della Toffola, a leading Italian company, which allows applying the most modern Italian technologies in the best traditions of Italian quality. The laboratory at our plant is equipped with unique analyzers. Mr. Daniel D’Andrea, a highly skilled.
Daniel D’Andrea has a PhD in oenology. He is a graduate of Padua University and a member of winemaking family in the third generation.
Logo, label and package development was another significant stage for the Savalan brand. The main symbol for label design was the outline of the Sleeping Beauty, a legendary Gabala mountain which protects the area against wind. The labels are printed by Juliagraf, an Italian printing house, bottles are bought from well-known.
Eliza Vagnoni – oenologist-technologist. She graduated from University of Florence and participated in setting up of a large winery in Australia as an expert technologist. Ms. Vagnoni has a PhD in oenology.
To revive the art of winemaking at the foothills of the Great Caucasus in Gabala Region of Azerbaijan, ASPI AGRO has been founded with a brand name ASPI Winery, the main direction of which is cultivation and production of high quality wines. Climatic conditions at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus are almost the same as those in the best terroirs in the South of Italy.
Savalan Valley is situated at the height of 400 meters above the sea level and is surrounded by river; the quantity of rainfall, sunny days and the average annual temperature are ideally balanced here.
The President of Russian Sommelier Association, Alexey Sidorov, visited the vineyards in January 2012, and a month later ASPI Winery presented its first vintage in Baku Restaurant in Moscow. Spring 2012 came with a symbolic event - in March Savalan wines were presented at the largest European Wine Salon Vinitaly in Verona, where styles and tendencies of the world wine-making are formed. The company’s exhibit had a great success; products
In June 2012 after visiting ASPI Winery enterprise, Alexander Sidorov, Editor-in-Chief of Russian portal Drinktime.rbc.ru wrote an article: Ex Oriente Lux: Azerbaijan Returns to the World Wine Map. In August Azerbaijani Savalan wines were presented to the Russian market. In September the board of directors of an Italian company VCR (Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo) visited our plant to inspect the seedlings in Gabala and Ismayilli, and to taste both
Our company’s products won three bronze awards in the largest and most prestigious event in the wine-making world: The Fifth International Wine Exhibition in Hong Kong which attracted a record number (more than 950 companies) of participants in November 2012. Savalan wines won awards in the following nominations: The Best Mixed Red Wines - Savalan Limited Release 2010, The Best Syrah Wines - Savalan Syrah 2010 as
To sum up the successes of 2012, in December ASPI Winery became the winner of the National Business Award in “wine production” nomination. Immediately after this during a meeting of Azerbaijani and Italian business circles ASPI Winery and Italian company Usque ad Finem – an importer of wines to Europe – signed a Memorandum of Cooperation under which Azerbaijani wines, and Savalan line in particular, will appear on the European.
In March of 2013, SAVALAN – ASPI Winery sponsored the Caspian Cup (Intellectual Games Tournament), providing all the 360 participants from various countries with SAVALAN wines. The winning teams have received special prizes – the bucket of wines and Azerbaijani sweets. SAVALAN – ASPI Winery has also organized the visit of its facilities in Gabala for the stars of the intellectual games.
In April of 2013, our wines were presented at the Vinitaly exhibition at Verona, Italy. During the exhibition the stand of the company was visited by more than 700 guests - the professionals of wine business, sommeliers and wine journalists.
In March of 2013, SAVALAN – ASPI Winery sponsored the Caspian Cup (Intellectual Games Tournament), providing all the 360 participants from various countries with SAVALAN wines. The winning teams have received special prizes – the bucket of wines and Azerbaijani sweets. SAVALAN – ASPI Winery has also organized the visit of its facilities in Gabala for the stars of the intellectual games.
In September SAVALAN – ASPI Winery received an ISO 22000: 2005 certificate of wine production.
In February 2014, the representatives of SAVALAN – ASPI Winery were invited as honorable guests on the occasion of the official visit of Mr. Guillaume Garot – the Minister of Agriculture of France. During the meeting with the Minister the issues of mutual cooperation and further partnership with French companies were raised.In April 2014, SAVALAN wines were presented during the Wine & Gourmet exhibition, Tokyo, Japan. During this exhibition.
In May 2014, the President of France, H.E. Francois Holland visits Azerbaijan. SAVALAN wines were officially selected as the exclusive drink during the conference held by the President of France.
In June, "SAVALAN - ASPI Winery" participated in the London Wine Fair Olympia exhibition jointly organized by 2 other Azerbaijani wine producers.In September 2014, SAVALAN wines with the support of AzerHART were exhibited during the WijnFeesten Groesbeek fair in the Netherlands. As a result of the exhibition, SAVALAN wines were entitled as the “Pearl of Caucasus”. SAVALAN wines are the winners of the prestigious.
In November, the famous wine expert and the member of the jury commission of the Decanter World Wine Award Mr. Darrel Joseph visited our winery in Gabala.
In June, "SAVALAN - ASPI Winery" participated in the London Wine Fair Olympia exhibition jointly organized by 2 other Azerbaijani wine producers.In September 2014, SAVALAN wines with the support of AzerHART were exhibited during the WijnFeesten Groesbeek fair in the Netherlands. As a result of the exhibition, SAVALAN wines were entitled as the “Pearl of Caucasus”. SAVALAN wines are the winners of the prestigious.
In November, the famous wine expert and the member of the jury commission of the Decanter World Wine Award Mr. Darrel Joseph visited our winery in Gabala.
"MUNDUS VINI" (Neustadt, Germany) is one of the most prestigious wine competitions in Europe and more than 8000 wines from all over the world are brought for tasting. At the 2015 "MUNDUS VINI" competition, “SAVALAN Cabernet Sauvignon Ripassato” from the 2011 harvest was awarded a gold medal, and "SAVALAN Viognier" from the 2014 harvest was awarded a silver medal. The "MUNDUS VINI" award is officially recognized by the.
At the "Decanter World Wine Awards 2015" competition (London, England), SAVALAN Limited Release of 2012 was awarded a bronze medal, and SAVALAN Chardonnay of 2014 was awarded a "Commended Certificate".
