25/09/2019
STORY of CHATEAU des BERGERS
The idea behind the "Chateau Des
Bergers" adventure came to its founder
suddenly, when captured by the memories
among the ancient and familiar landscape of
his childhood, he suddenly realized he had
been longing for it for so long. A dusty bottle of
dark wine found in the enchanting coolness of
the old grandfather's house in the village of
Ovcharovo showed him the direction his life
needed to take.
That summer day, he looked at the house with
the idea of selling it. The heat covering like a
veil the countryside, and even the cellar felt
warm and soft. He went down there for no
reason and ... stayed. The only light was
coming from a naked smoky bulb, and on the
walls - shelves hanging full of chuckles and
bottles that have caught the scent of the joyful
years of his childhood. Later he would say that
this was unconscious, in some inexplicable way,
a chemical reaction. The city's fatigue stayed
behind him and his senses were sharpened - the
past had spoken. He touched the glass
surfaces, everything was covered with time and
memories. He raised a bottle to the light, and
somewhere high up, from a distance, heard a
song - the one he used to hear before going to
sleep when he was a small child.
A wax plug, a coarse handwritten label - Harvest
1970, the year he was born.
The mythical and determined look of the Aries
struck him through the dark glass - a
thousand-year symbol of wisdom, fiery fervor
and abundance. The memories popped up one
after another as a splash of champagne - the
first battles, the first kiss, the first escape.
Confusion, embarrassment and desire broke
into him as waves.
Shortly after, an occasional encounter
with Paul Bord, a specialist and enologist who
came straight from the homeland of wine -
Bordeaux, France, provoked him to realize
again that the trail he wanted to leave was
another, more significant ...
The signs followed one after another and soon
the decision to restore the deserted vineyards
near the village was taken.
The enthusiasm of a beginner, the experience
of the French consultant and the invaluable
help of partners were that decisive element that
turned the wheel on the road to Chateau des
Bergérs.
"Chateau Des Bergers" became a
reality in 2012 as a result of personal drive,
professional erudition and especially love.
Love for the roots and belief in the potential of
the fertile land, which today grows 150 decares
of vineyards.
