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CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
DISCOVERY<br />
VINSELEKT MICHLOVSKÝ: FOR A WIDE RANGE OF WINES, VARIETIES AND REGIONS,<br />
PERFECT SHOWROOMS ARE KEY<br />
diverse varietal range and different vine spacings,<br />
gives rise to a plethora of combinations for characteristics<br />
in the resultant wines. The search for the<br />
best qualities and desire to preserve and promote<br />
them in wine are both endless and irresistible at<br />
the same time. Most of the wines are dry white<br />
wines from Welschriesling, Pálava, Pinot Gris and<br />
Sauvignon matured in oak barrels, but there are<br />
also barrel-matured dry red wines from Pinot Noir,<br />
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Blaufränkisch and St.<br />
Laurent; traditional method sparkling wines with<br />
a secondary fermentation in the bottle (ageing on<br />
lees for 3–10 years) and Charmat method sparkling<br />
wines. Non-alcoholic wines complement the range.<br />
The winery was the first to produce these in the<br />
country and is a constant innovator in this regard.<br />
Some of the alcohol obtained during dealcoholisation<br />
is used by the winery to make fortified wines.<br />
The vineyards and cellar management combine to<br />
form a sophisticated ecosystem since, in addition<br />
to emphasis on terroir, the focal point for Vinselekt<br />
Michlovský is a gentle and friendly relationship with<br />
the natural world. Around a tenth of the winery’s<br />
production is organic, but environmentally-friendly<br />
practices are applied throughout the production<br />
process in terms of handling the grapes sensitively<br />
or using as little sulphur dioxide as possible.<br />
Respect for nature and its hands-off approach are<br />
one of the reasons why the winery is intensively<br />
involved in breeding resistant varieties for environmentally-driven<br />
viticulture.<br />
THAYA: THE WINERY ALSO TARGETS WINE TOURISM AND GASTRONOMY<br />
THAYA<br />
If you had to sum up the Thaya Winery in one<br />
word, it would probably be “dynamism”. The taste<br />
and tremendous energy for making extraordinary<br />
wines can literally be felt in every step you take in<br />
the winery. The initial drive behind the new winery<br />
– or rather transformation of what was initially a<br />
smaller business – was ambitious plans to build a<br />
winery and state-of-the-art facilities, a hotel and<br />
restaurant with emphasis on wine tourism and<br />
wine & food pairing. As the former small winery<br />
did not allow this, two years ago a brand new buil-<br />
68 WINTER 2022 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE <strong>FR</strong>ENCH EXPERTS ON WINE
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