Production
WINERYSKOVIN GROUP vineyards are situated on the moderate hills and slopes in the Skopje region. Some of the vineyards originate from the era of Ancient Macedonia and some of them are relatively new in bringing rich yield. The vineyards of WINERYSKOVIN GROUP are distinguished for giving genuine aroma to the wines, as a reflection of the sharp ice and the dry sunny summer. Their unique and favorable location on 400-600 meters altitude on the southern slopes of Vodno mountain, far away from the industrial capacities, covering the area of 500 hectares in the region called Sonceva Dolina and the locality Markova Reka are some of the factors that contribute to the production of wine with premium and unique style and taste.
The ecologically clean environment and significant number of sunny days enable high percentage of sugar and quality of the grapes. WINERYSKOVIN GROUP owns 150 hectares of vineyards in the Tikvesh wine-growing region. The influence of the Mediterranean climate from south creates perfect conditions for production of high-quality wine. Regarding the location of the vineyards, as well as for the other qualities of the environment in this region, at the beginning of the 20th century the French have stated that it is more favorable and brings larger grape yield even than the soil of the very prominent wine region of Bordeaux.
Characteristics
Exposed to sun within 160-170 days of the year, with average annual temperatures from 12-14 degrees Celsius, the vineyards of WINERYSKOVIN GROUP remained intact from the industrial pollution and ecological deterioration of the soil and the air. The moderate humidity of the air enriched with the moderate Mediterranean climate enables increased percentage of sugar to certain extent and stimulates the high quality of the grapes.
Harvesting and procession of the grapes
The care of the professional and skillful team of WINERYSKOVIN GROUP and the will to cherish and improve the quality of the products are present in each segment of the production process. They carefully determine the period of harvesting of the grapes. The period when high temperatures prevail is unacceptable for grapes harvesting. Recently, priority has been given to the night harvesting when the atmospheric conditions enable optimal and longest preservation of the freshness of the grapes.
The tendency to maintain and preserve the natural characteristics of the wine tanks is strongly paired with the ardent determination to obtain wine closely similar to the wine that was once produced, at times when the wine-growing tradition was introduced in our region.
Processes
Owing to the new technology of extraction of the grape juice, there is no longer mechanical extraction but vacuum one, enabling extraction of the juice without causing any damages to the grape.
This is essential, from both aspects of quality preservation and keeping the tasty, nutritional and healthy values of the wine.
Capacities
The vineyards give yield of 4.000 tons of grapes. However, considering that the wine cellar WINERYSKOVIN GROUP has the capacity for procession of 23.000 tons of grapes, the additional quantity of grapes which is necessary to complete the production process is provided from the vineyards in the region of Povardarie, which is equally rich and yielding with quality grapes.
WINERYSKOVIN GROUP, as an ambitious producer of quality wines disposes with its own air-conditioned storage space- stainless steel tanks and wooden barrels, with total capacity of 16 million liters per year.
The quality of this complex system which functions accurately and efficiently is guaranteed by the tradition of the Italian and French companies present worldwide, such as: Supreme, Spadoni, Enoveneta, Gimar, etc.
Laboratory
The constant temperature is maintained starting from the process of stabilization of the wine, which is afterwards spread to the entire system of filters. Using modern and sophisticated machines and methods is one of the essential priorities on which WINERYSKOVIN GROUP bases its production process.
WINERYSKOVIN GROUP maintains high criteria for quality and skilled personnel owing to the simulative and protective activities of its internal laboratory. The basic parameters from the wine production and the entire quantity of wine are regularly inspected in the laboratory. The experts are searching for new incitement for increasing the sensory values of the wines, constantly keeping up with the innovations coming from the Faculty of Agriculture and the Institute of Agriculture. The laboratory equipment imported from abroad is from the latest generation of wine technique and technology.
Professional teams and technology
The ambitions of the professional teams, including highly- educated oenologists from different generations, do not cease after achieving results and success, conquering the international market. Besides completion of the numerous innovative technological processes, the skilled teams have reached to a very significant phase in the production process: bottling of wine according to the model of the Italian company Alfatek with capacity of 3.000 liters per hour and in this way they have become serious competition to the partners they have previously followed in terms of technological achievements and innovations.
The choreography of the wine bottles is the final phase of the large and complex production process of the wine. The bottling process without sophisticated system could not provide the quality of the wines that WINERYSKOVIN GROUP produces. This is closely related to the proverb of the French that “The bottle is the garment of the wine”. The garment that WINERYSKOVIN GROUP creates for its wines has become more and more attractive both for the fastidious eye of the domestic and foreign consumer of the wine and its sense of taste and aroma as well.
WINERYSKOVIN GROUP wine cellar
The centuries old tradition of quality wine production and the rich Macedonian cuisine are found in one place. Located in the capital city, with nice ambiance and within culinary standards, the wine cellar WINERYSKOVIN GROUP offers you the unique opportunity to spend a very memorable time with your closest ones, to organize business meetings and celebrations with the possibility to take a wine tour throughout the winery and learn more about the production of premium wines. If you are an admirer of good wine, the WINERYSKOVIN GROUP winery is an excellent choice for tasting premium and quality wines with the assistance and advice of professional wine sommeliers.
Adress: 15 Korpus no.3, Avtokomanda, Skopje Tel. 02/3145-717 E-mail: contact@skovin.mk
Barrique wine cellar
From the beginning of 2011 WINERYSKOVIN GROUP started the operation of the barrique wine cellar, in this way WINERYSKOVIN GROUP enlarged its assortment of wines matured in oak barrels. The barrique wine-cellar is equipped with barrels from different producers from France, Croatia, Italy and Macedonia with different capacity from 225 to 5.000 litres. Presently, these barrels are used for aging of wines from the varieties Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Vranec, as well as our premium wines Markov Manastir and Scupi Cuvee.