The festival was held at the Forest Club Sherwood hotel and restaurant complex. The event was attended by well-known Ukrainian wineries: TM My Wine, SHABO, BOLGRAD, Cotnar, Villa Tinta, and Vladyslav Zakrevsky’s winery. Also represented were Honey Badger liqueurs and tinctures, White Church Distillery, Osnova cheese factory, Zinka TM, Kozatski Kozyrni Syry, producers of meat chips and snacks Snacks by Bandera, and others.
Interesting lectures for visitors were held at the festivals. Visitors were introduced to the world of winemaking: Liudmyla Boiko, chief technologist of the Honey Badger family enterprise; Stepan and Olha Kutsipak, owners of the Snacks by Bandera brand; Natalia Blahopoluchna, president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Winemakers and Sommeliers, head of the first Ukrainian sommelier school “Master Class”; Bogdan Panchuk, brand ambassador of Leleka Wines; Eduard Gorodetsky, founder of Tiras Winery; Natalia Burlachenko, sommelier and brand ambassador of Vinos de la Luz; Vita Oliynyk, representative of Zinka TM. The event was also attended by Ricardo Fernandez Nunez, the owner of Vinos de la Luz group of companies.
In addition to wine lectures, visitors were able to attend a master class “How to open champagne with a glass or modern sabrage” by Mykola Blagopoluchny, head of the Master Class sommelier school and director of the All-Ukrainian Association of Winemakers and Sommeliers.
The highlight of the first day of the festival was a soulful concert by Ukrainian singer PIANOBOY.
On July 30, the festival hosted a roundtable discussion on the development of winemaking and viticulture in Ukraine during the war. The participants were Ihor Vishtak, Director of the Crop Production Department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; Volodymyr Pechko, Head of the UKRSADVINPROM NGO; Iryna Kovaleva, Director of the V.E. Tairov Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Maksym Urakin, founder of the Experts Club. Maxim Urakin, founder of the analytical center “Club of Experts”, publisher, marketing director of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency; Yegor Belov, chef-sommelier of the InterContinental Kyiv hotel, winner of the All-Ukrainian Sommelier Competition 2018; Dmytro Saprykin, brand ambassador of Alcoline and Oleg Antipin, brand ambassador of SHABO; Konstantin Tintulov, commercial director and co-owner of Vinhol Oksamytne LLC.
The roundtable was also attended by Dmytro Natalukha, a Ukrainian politician and public figure, Member of the Parliament of Ukraine of the IX convocation, lawyer, human rights activist, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Development in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IX convocation. Member of the parliamentary faction of the Servant of the People political party. Deputy Member of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Co-chair of the group on interparliamentary relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The roundtable ended with a pre-premiere screening of the movie Wounded Land. This is a documentary about the stories of Ukrainian winemakers who have suffered from Russian aggression. The film was directed and co-produced by Roman Zayats, the founder of the Heartland project.
The festival has a charitable component. Charity auctions and fundraisers were held for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The event raised UAH 142,050! The main lot of the festival – a unique wine from Vinos de La Luz with a label of Ivan Marchuk’s painting – was sold for UAH 120 thousand. The funds raised were distributed as follows:
UAH 120,000 was donated for the treatment of cancer to Serhiy Kovalenko, a veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a well-known winemaker.
UAH 22050 was donated to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Consumer tasting was held during the two days of the event. Visitors of the event chose the best wine. Wines from TM My Wine won the Consumer Choice competition.
The event was organized by Focus event.
On May, 22 and 23 in the «Kyivan Rus Park» the battle Festival «The Call of Heroes» will take place.
The best fighters of Ukraine – multiple world champions in medieval combat – will enter the Big tilting-yard and take part in real medieval battles. The sportsmen – knights in heavy metal armor will fight with real weapons made in accordance with historical models.
These will not be staged fights, but real medieval battles!
The competitions will be held according to the rules of medieval combat, in the format of single fights, «shield-sword» and group fights «5 versus 5».
The co-organizer of the competition is the All-Ukrainian Federation of Medieval Combat.
Also, the guests will be awaited by an interesting entertainment program on historical themes, horse-trick performances, ancient Slavic amusements, flash mobs, master-classes, games, contests and the drawing of gifts.
The culmination of the program will be the evening show program with fire special effects and shooting from a huge medieval missile weapon – trebuchet.
And most importantly, the competition will be held in a unique place – a real, live medieval city – Ancient Kyiv of the Хth century. The guests will see with their own eyes what Kyiv was like a thousand years ago, and how the life of our ancestors really was during the Middle Ages.
The program will pass in compliance with the quarantine measures.
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00. The program will start around 13:30.
* The program may change
Ancient Kyiv is located in a 45-minutes` drive from modern Kyiv – Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, the vill. Kopachiv.
You can get by your own car or by public transport. The schedule of route taxis check on the «Obukhivtrans» website or on the «Kyivan Rus Park» website in the «Contacts» section.
The ticket price: a full adult ticket –250 грн., for pensioners and students – 150 грн., for schoolchildren – 100 грн., for preschool children – for free.
Details on the website www.parkkyivrus.com
The Interfax subscribers can save money with the “openbusiness-20” promo code for a 20%-discount for a full price adult ticket to the Principality of Kyivan Rus:
– by previous order by tel.: +38 044 461-99-37, +38 050 385-20-35
– or at the cash desk at the entrance to the «Kyivan Rus Park».
On Oktober, 3 and 4 The Festival of Horse-Trick art «Centaurs» will take place in «The Kyivan Rus Park».
There will be an exciting show program with performances of the best horseback stuntmen of Ukraine with amazing tricks, horse trick riding competitions, and demonstrative performances. And also spectacular shows from Ancient Kyiv theatre, various interactive ancient Slavic funs, horse riding, master-classes, dance flash mobs, museums and expositions, extreme attractions and many more will be waiting for guests these days. In the evening – a bright fiery program with the shooting of fire balls from the Trebuchet.
And all of these in a real, live, medieval city!
The event will be carried out in accordance with the quarantine measures.
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00, the program will begin at 13:30.
The ticket price: a full adult ticket – 250 UAH, for pensioners and students – 150 UAH, for schoolchildren – 80 UAH, for preschool children – for free.
Ancient Kyiv in the «Kyivan Rus Park» is located in Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, the vill. Kopachiv.
Details on the website www.parkkyivrus.com
Subscribers can save their money using the “openbusiness-20” promo code for a 20%-discount for a full price adult ticket to the Principality of Kyivan Rus:
– by previous order by tel.: +38 044 461-99-37, +38 050 385-20-35
– or at the cash desk at the entrance to the «Kyivan Rus Park».
On June, 22 and 23 in the «Kyivan Rus Park» an International festival of equestrian martial arts «Scythians» will take place. The key event of the Festival will be the tournament of horseback archers. Skilled sportsmen-virtuosos from Europe and Asia will compete in the traditional (historical) bow shooting accuracy on full gallop.
There will be a rich program: horse-trick performances and competitions, including the demonstrative performances of the ancient martial arts possession, and interactive activities and much more interesting.
The sportsmen and the actors –stuntmen will perform in a tandem with the unique horses of historical breeds gathered from all over the world in the Princely stable. The horses can be palmed, taken a photo with; you can ride on a horseback or in a carriage.
Shooting fireballs from a huge Trebuchet will be the culmination of the festive program.
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00. The program starts at 13:30.
The ticket price: a full adult ticket – 250 UAH, for pensioners and students – 150 UAH, for schoolchildren – 60 UAH, for preschool children – for free.
Ancient Kyiv in the «Kyivan Rus Park» is located in Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, the vill. Kopachiv.
Route taxis leave from Kyiv from the «Vydybitchi» metro station.
Details on the website www.parkkyivrus.com
The Interfax subscribers can save money with the “openbusiness-20” promo code for a 20%-discount for a full price adult ticket to the Principality of Kyivan Rus:
– by previous order by tel.: +38 044 461-99-37, +38 050 385-20-35
– or at the cash desk at the entrance to the «Kyivan Rus Park».
On April, 20 and 21 the festival of horse-trick art «Centaurs» will take place in the «Kyivan Rus Park». In the program: the performances of the best horseback stuntmen of Ukraine with amazing tricks, horse trick riding competitions, demonstrative performances. And also the Ancient Kyiv theatre performances, interactive ancient Slavic amusements, horse riding, master-classes, dance flash mobs, museums and expositions, extreme attractions. In the evening – a bright fiery program with the shooting of fire balls from the Trebuchet, on Saturday, April, 20 – a fire show. And all of these in a real, live, medieval city.
Ancient Kyiv opens at 10:00. The program starts at 13:30.
The ticket price: a full adult ticket – 250 UAH, for pensioners and students – 150 UAH, for schoolchildren – 60 UAH, for preschool children – for free.
Ancient Kyiv in the «Kyivan Rus Park» is located in Kyiv region, Obukhiv district, the vill. Kopachiv.
Route taxis leave from Kyiv from the «Vydybitchi» metro station.
Details on the website www.parkkyivrus.com
The Interfax subscribers can save money with the “openbusiness-20” promo code for a 20%-discount for a full price adult ticket to the Principality of Kyivan Rus:
– by previous order by tel.: +38 044 461-99-37, +38 050 385-20-35
– or at the cash desk at the entrance to the «Kyivan Rus Park».
