In the midst of unexploded Russian rockets and buzzing drones, Ukrainian winemakers are keeping vines and hope aliveAs winemaker Mykhailo Molchanov pottered about trimming foliage from his vines on a warm early-summer day, his dog Direktor at his heels, it was hard to imagine a more idyllic scene.The Molchanovs’ organic vines are planted directly into the richly biodiverse grassland for which southern Ukraine is renowned – hence their label’s name, Steppe Wines – amid the silvery feathergrass an
To make wine is to believe in the future: the Ukrainians growing grapes on the frontline
