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The ANO Russian Quality System (Roskachestvo) investigated domestic sparkling wines and ranked the best drinks. The stereotype of the low quality of Russian sparkling wines has not been confirmed.

The study was conducted as part of the Wine Guide of Russia created by the Roskachestvo together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. In 2019, a total of 129 samples of sparkling wines from Russian grapes were purchased for tasting assessment.

The results of the study can be seen at the Roskachestvo portal (in Russian).

Roskachestvo reminds that when choosing a sparkling wine for the New Year’s table, one should carefully read the label to choose a wine and not something else. If there is no inscription stating “sparkling wine” or “Russian champagne” on the front of the label, turn the bottle and read the small text on the counter label. You may have a “carbonated wine drink” in which wine is at best half of the volume, and everything else is water and flavourings. If the words “Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)” or “Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)” are added to the name of “sparkling wine” or “pearl wine”, then the wine is made from grapes in a specific region within the borders of the Russian Federation.

Happy New Year!

Based on materials by ANO Russian Quality System

The Tatarstan Government Quality Award ceremony was held today as part of the Mechanical Engineering. Metalworking. Welding. Kazan exhibition programme.

Quality awards are an effective tool of governmental incentives for organisations that have determined the main course to improve the quality of their products and services. This is an important factor in solving tasks of creating a competitive economy and improving the quality of life for citizens.

The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov, Head of the ANO Russian Quality System Maksim Protasov, and others.

The 15th Tatarstan Government Quality Award open competition started in January of this year. This year, 83 organisations took part in it: 70 of them in the Business Excellence category and 13 organisations in the Production Systems category. The participants also included 6 organisations from outside Tatarstan: Samara, Tomsk, Krasnodar, Uren (Nizhny Novgorod Region), and Beloretsk (Bashkortostan).

At the end of the Award ceremony, the Agreement on Interaction was signed between ANO Russian Quality System and the Tatarstan Government. The signatories to the document were Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the ANO Russian Quality System Maksim Protasov.