Business is Booming! Meet the Folks Who Aren’t Afraid of Anti-Russian Sanctions

What does a French man and his family, a Russian man, and a Russian woman all have in common? They’re all involved in the booming wine business of Crimea! 🍷 Anti-Russian sanctions don’t scare them, in fact, it’s only given them more motivation to push their own, local product. 🍇 I went to visit their lucious vineyards, and galloped my way across the Crimean countryside (Fedya, you’ll always have my heart! 🐎) A very special guest took me to his wine cellar where we tried old barrelled Russian wine. And I got to hear a tale about how a ship became the unlikely muse of the hottest bar in Sevastopol. Watch my Crimean adventure, alongside the passionate and brave folk who taught me about wine, life, and finding your true calling - more than I had ever known before. 🍷
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00:00 - military and wine?! 🚁🍷
01:09 - watch me suffer 😅
01:45 - Aleksey is back! 🍇
02:55 - grapes of Gorbachev’s wrath 😱
05:18 - a battle ship turned bar ⚓️
06:03 - fruits of anti-Russian sanctions🧀
07:59 - the people of Crimea are the best ❤️‍🔥
08:48 - the early bird gets the…grape 🍇
09:45 - famille de France! 🍷🇫🇷
10:15 - hold your horses! 🐎
12:25 - what’s harder? Vineyards or horses?
14:51 - an international love story 💕
18:27 - let’s go to the coolest wine factory!
19:21 - So. Many. Grapes. 🍇🍇🍇
20:47 - it takes a village!
22:40 - now I’m being put to the test…
23:47 - what’s down here?! 😱
24:23 - let’s have a taste of Crimea!
25:23 - a wine time-capsule! ⏰
26:30 - Crimean business is booming!
27:03 - did my horse throw me off?!
27:41 - what’s coming up next…

[@romandecaesar4782]

Crimea is Russia. Russia is Crimea. Always has been, always will be!!! Thank you Sasha for all of your videos!!!

[@haroldcruz8550]

Stay safe Sasha, the Kiev regime has no shame in targeting civilians.

[@brianv1988]

You kidding me maybe you don't actually know what's going on choose to blank it out or have seen the thousands of drones and cruise missiles flying into major cities in Ukraine every day there are dozens of them not military targets but civilian apartment shopping centers malls and Parks hit by Russian military open your eyes stop listening to everything you watch on TV

[@ernstwiltmann6]

Beautyful show, Enchanting Russia, my soul is there.Travelling to Russia is still on my Bucket List. Greetings from Canada.

[@user-hy3dv5wh1z]

If you are in Crimea, be sure to visit the Vorontsov Palace, it is smaller than the winter palace in St. Petersburg, but it is also very beautiful. And of course, Aivazovsky Park . There are many unique plants and a cool sanatorium , Nikita Khrushchev loved to relax there . Under Ukraine, it turned into a landfill , it was restored for 4 years , now it is fine

[@ernstwiltmann6]

@@user-hy3dv5wh1z Thank you.

[@AlexSwan]

The production quality of these videos are amazing.

[@isaacrhodes4617]

Man, I want to Visit Crimea one day . cool vid!

[@dmitrycherepov3242]

Этот канал просто золото. Очень классные репортажи. Нужно больше подписчиков.

[@harrys941]

This video has a vibe of a TV show where you follow different characters to get a good overview of a place. Nice work :)

[@SashaMeetsRussia]

Thank you! Glad you liked it ☺️

[@user-vm3tg4gu9d]

Шикарный репортаж!

[@SashaMeetsRussia]

Спасибо! ❤️

[@adtiamzon3663]

Inspirational 🇷🇺 Russian entrepreneurs, farmers, and innovators! Keep it up. 😍🌞👏👏💪💞🕊

[@DomingoGarciaMex]

I loved the video, I want to visit Crimea now and drink a lot of wine :)))

[@SashaMeetsRussia]

Thanks, you should! It has the best wine 🍷

[@garyodom474]

Crimea is Russian and will stay Russian. Sasha, I am from California and this looks like it could be in California. There is no reason in the world why the USA and Russia should not be great friends. Another great video. You are a wonderful ambassador for both countries. My youngest son wants to go to the St. Petersburg area this year to visit a young lady he met in Japan. I have been sending him your videos help him learn as much as he can before he goes. Here's to victory and peace!

[@prodigiii712]

Quality content.

[@ferhzzz]

Спасибо за информативное и приятное освещение важнейшей темы виноделия в Крыму!

[@SashaMeetsRussia]

Спасибо! ☺️

[@alexandravoronina1180]

Саша,обалденные видео Снимай побольше👍

[@j.k.reborn]

Great content.

[@spektr86rus]

очень широкий фильмы 🤙💚💚💚💚

[@72Marat]

Саша, Ты Умница! Приятно смотреть твои видео! Продолжай в том же духе! Надеюсь, твои подписчики из Америки увидят твои ролики, и поймут, что вся плохая пропаганда про нас, это просто все фейк... Привет тебе из Сибири!

[@alieutouray4418]

Thanks for making me ❤❤❤❤see the reality in Crimea thanks

[@MikeOnkyo]

Шикарный ролик!

[@gatskov777]

Бум производства сыров в России связан с санкциями только косвенно. Россия сама в ответ на санкции (которые продуктов не касались) в 2014 году ввела продуктовое эмбарго и запретила импорт ряда продуктовых позиций из ЕС. До этого самые лучшие сыры были из прибалтики, после их запрета началось активное развитие производств в России. Также и с другими продуктами, те же шпроты, например, самые лучшие были опять же в Латвии, но с введением эмбарго эти заводы начали разоряться, так как основной их рынок сбыта был именно Россия, после их оборудование выкупил калининградский завод с говорящим названием "За Родину" и теперь лучшие шпроты у них).

[@Oleg_V7]

Репортаж из Крыма, это просто фантастика!!! Крым моя родина, все детство там прошло! Спасибо!

[@SashaMeetsRussia]

Спасибо! Я влюбилась в Крым 😍

[@Oleg_V7]

@@SashaMeetsRussia 😊👍

[@Lucas79]

Crimea is so beautiful man

[@user-qm1or5xi3x]

Санечка! Ты такая лапуська милая!!! В платьишке ты вообще прелесть чудненькая!!! Воплощение женственности! Я уже без перевода тебя понимаю! Привет из Уфы! Александр.

[@user-bt3yx5rr9n]

Очень интересно рассказывает прям молодец

[@SashaMeetsRussia]

A passionate heart made it possible for these wine-makers to make their dream come true. So, what’s your dream job? ❤‍🔥 00:00 - military and wine?! 🚁🍷 01:09 - watch me suffer 😅 01:45 - Aleksey is back! 🍇 02:55 - grapes of Gorbachev’s wrath 😱 05:18 - a battle ship turned bar ⚓ 06:03 - fruits of anti-Russian sanctions🧀 07:59 - the people of Crimea are the best ❤‍🔥 08:48 - the early bird gets the…grape 🍇 09:45 - famille de France! 🍷🇫🇷 10:15 - hold your horses! 🐎 12:25 - what’s harder? Vineyards or horses? 14:51 - an international love story 💕 18:27 - let’s go to the coolest wine factory! 19:21 - So. Many. Grapes. 🍇🍇🍇 20:47 - it takes a village! 22:40 - now I’m being put to the test… 23:47 - what’s down here?! 😱 24:23 - let’s have a taste of Crimea! 25:23 - a wine time-capsule! ⏰ 26:30 - Crimean business is booming! 27:03 - did my horse throw me off?! 27:41 - what’s coming up next…

[@aleksandrskuznecovs9019]

Классное видио👍и эпичная концовка с страусем 😂😂😂

[@Pete-7]

Хороший контент! Good luck!

[@strgo4773]

Very nice channel thanks

[@user-qd9vd3lh2w]

Amazing.

[@R1tnmk]

Very beautiful ❤

[@lavina2763]

Благодарю ❤

[@user-hj5uo7fm2c]

Сашулечка ты молодец в Крыму побывала, я в Ялте когда был на Айпетри по фуникулеру поехал, он кстати в книге рекордов гиннеса, прокатить Сашулечка, у меня дочка сначало испугалась, а потом ей подъем понравился)))Хорошего тебе отдыха Сашулька

[@user-yi2xw8es8n]

Отличное видео. Девушка - красавица.

[@stephanieellison7834]

That's a really unusual thing to see - white men working on farms! I can't remember the last time Americans did this on a professional, mass scale. I'm not surprised to see sanctions not working against Russia. I have wanted to slough off my identity as an American for at least 5 years now. I moved to India in 2018. Now, you have me wondering if it's possible for an American to immigrate to Russia and start over at the bottom. I was in retail and office work, and I won't do those jobs anymore, particularly since I wouldn't be able to read Russian. I'm already 57, profoundly deaf, and I don't know that I can handle this weather (cold) at my age, considering that I've been living in south Gujarāt for 5 years. I love it here, but there is something about Russia... I have more Russian ancestry, which includes Tuva as well, than I do Indian ancestry. I had fallen into things in the West, and I had to leave to save my life, coming to India, which is a neutral land outside of white space. See, right now, I can't tell between America's side in the Russian/Ukraine war and that of Russia's side. I can't tell you apart. I don't know who's telling the truth. However, it is striking to know that Russia and India has a relationship that goes back long before the White Man started stealing land from the Native Americans and killing them off. That Russia was one of the last European areas to fall to Christianity, and it's not the western variety, either. Even the West did try to swing Russia over to the Protestant brand during the Crusades, but Russia didn't try to do that to the West, bringing the latter over to Orthodox Christianity. On the one hand, I see Putin as a Terminator capable of killing me with the flick of his hand on my neck, on the other, I see him as a person with his head on straight and seeing the real danger the west presents to the rest of the world (and I agree with him to a large extent), and I would hope he would defend my right to remain Hindū, and I hope that he would allow people seeking refuge and starting over to come to Russia. Should I take that chance, or should I stay here, where I know the land, the people, understand a bit of the languages here, and feel very much a part of the culture here? America is gone, as far as I'm concerned. I'm hearing from people who have gone back to visit experiencing reverse culture shock. "I'm American, and they'd have to throw me back every day." That is the opposite of Dad's statement, "If I was one of them illegals, they'd have to throw me back (to México) every day." I just know that I can't go back there and expect to die peacefully in old age in a secure situation.

[@user-ty5el7no6]

Чтобы понять нужно приехать! Но желательно граммотно распланировать поездку. Главное желание, удачи!

[@user-ko5ov2ct2q]

@@user-ty5el7no6 Of course come, Russia is a multinational and multicultural country, all good people are welcome here, of course it is easier to move if you have at least some acquaintances who will help you get used to it and explain how everything works. Welcome!

[@harrys941]

Actually looks very beautiful

[@michaelkorenberg1313]

Are those Concord grapes?! I’d pick and eat them raw. So tasty.

[@Kasatka1277]

Красота!

[@masha1414k]

❤❤❤

[@irmscher9]

Каие же вы моодцы. ВСЕ! 😎

[@nickolaspetrov2786]

❤

[@sergeytsvetanov]

Пачему нет комменти? всо ест красивая дама, харошае вино, что вас нада?

[@kolya_korchag]

Не только красивая, но и умная ещё..., чисто мечта...)

[@minamuradova8905]

Crimea is the heart of Russia❤

[@Sergei_Igel]

Мне так нравится Сашина красота, ярковыраженные славянские черты, но какие-то странные - следствие вливания американской крови. Одновременно, что-то родное, но необычное.

[@user-vp6fh8gx7z]

You are so pretty and smart; I believe you will meet a great partner.

[@RussianSkeeper]

А страусы выдерживают до -30.

[@shavojinkazama8450]

I wonder what kind of Hermicides /Pesticides they use on those grapes , any idea?

[@Chaldon-hl6yk]

vodka

[@AlexAlex-ze6lt]

​@@Chaldon-hl6ykyou are genius

[@alexanderchepak2009]

@@AlexAlex-ze6ltthe border between genius and idiot sometimes is very thin.

[@ernestocosta5077]

Ooh, Sasha is thirsty. Really thirsty.

[@killtrocity6857]

Is probably for the best for her not to come back..

[@alexanderchepak2009]

She is not going to

[@killtrocity6857]

@@alexanderchepak2009 perfect 👌

[@peterm.eggers520]

Sacha is beautiful, but could use some HIIT weight training, IMNSHO!

[@brianv1988]

Must be easy for you to enjoy yourself while thousands of people are dying kilometers away

[@xcv699]

This person employs bus loads of KGB/FSB stooges.

[@sergB80]

😂🤪🤣

[@sergB80]

Take a sedative and take care of yourself.🤭

[@ARIF74]

You are mad?

[@prodigiii712]

Which person? You’re like an AI bot with a fake username.

[@donaldperson948]

Ya that was a Ukrainian cellar for wine till the Russians stole it from 🇺🇦 Ukraine!

[@whitehouse.gov.]

He has always been and will remain Russian, the fact that Ukraine temporarily occupied these territories and consigned them to complete oblivion is true. Fortunately, now everything is back to normal.👍 🇷🇺😏

[@nettlecarrier8259]

Dummy, this cellar was literally built in the Soviet Union you hate so much, in the times when Crimea had nothing to do with Ukraine. As a matter of fact, in the times when there was no such thing as Ukraine. The first time Ukraine appeared as a sovereign state was 1991. I mean, I honestly never believed in this "Americans are dumb" narrative, but you are kinda making me change my mind now.

[@yaposhnia3724]

Крым всегда был российский. Он по недоразумению ,временно, был передан Украине. К нашему счастью, мы вернулись в Россию. Я ждала этого целых 23 года.

[@alexanderchepak2009]

Ты еще нам про Голицына - известного украинца и его виноградники расскажи.

[@PLO4TA]

3:07 Горбачеву спасибо, почему его в Англии и сша не похоронили не понимаю....