‘Since the company has no license at the moment, Sredneuralskiy Winery Ltd. (part of AVS-Group) has to hold up production for the time being. This lack of license is also the reason why we still have not been able to obtain the second batch of excise duty stamps. We have already received the first batch okay, but receiving the second one appears to be more difficult,’ the company’s employee Olga Cherepanova said to UrBC representative.

‘Whether the winery is going to bottle Moldavian wine remains to be seen. All I can say is, we are definitely going to bottle different kinds of port,’ Ms Cherepanova said.