May 28, 2026 · 41 min · 15 segments
Ukraine’s history with wine stretches back thousands of years. Like many nations along the Black Sea, it has long faced conflict and pressure from powerful empires competing for its land and…
Sergei KlimovGuest
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The headlines come and go for us in the West, but I will say, if you live in the Ukraine, this is an every moment, every day situation they are dealing with.
But one thing I think a lot of people do not realize is how intertwined and important wine is to the history of the people of Ukraine, and especially a little place called Crimea, which was seized by Russia just about 10 years ago.
On today's episode, I'm going to have Sergei Klimov, who is a prominent wine professional in Kyiv, Ukraine.
He wrote the literal book on the wines of Ukraine, and it w- it's just an incredibly fascinating person.
He's gonna talk history, the war, and how wine just might be the thing that saves the people of Ukraine.
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The headlines come and go for us in the West, but I will say, if you live in the Ukraine, this is an every moment, every day situation they are dealing with.
But one thing I think a lot of people do not realize is how intertwined and important wine is to the history of the people of Ukraine, and especially a little place called Crimea, which was seized by Russia just about 10 years ago.
On today's episode, I'm going to have Sergei Klimov, who is a prominent wine professional in Kyiv, Ukraine.
He wrote the literal book on the wines of Ukraine, and it w- it's just an incredibly fascinating person.
He's gonna talk history, the war, and how wine just might be the thing that saves the people of Ukraine.