Manor Divnomorskoye

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Winery "Divnomorskoye Manor" is located in the village of Divnomorskoye, Krasnodar Territory. Co-owner Gennady Timchenko, second co-owner - Vladimir Kolbin (State of Peter Kolbin, according to Forbes 2019, $550 million) Earlier, the Dozhd TV channel reported that the Kolbin family had long been friends with the family of Vladimir Putin, and Peter Kolbin was previously named among the partners of Gennady Timchenko.

Total vineyard area. Geography

Krasnodar Territory, Gelendzhik, s. Divnomorskoye

History

2019

Billionaire Gennady Timchenko became a co-owner of Divnomorskoye Manor, who began to show interest in winemaking several years ago. Previously, the winery was owned by the Abrau-Durso group of companies of the family of business ombudsman Boris Titov. The vineyards, which are part of Divnomorskoye Manor, took centre stage several years ago because of their proximity to the so-called "Putin Palace."

2018

Since December 28, 2018, Lazurnaya Yagoda LLC, which owns all the assets of the winery, has become controlled by the Development of Agrarian Initiatives Association (RAI), Vedomosti reports.

2017

The revenue of the Azure Berry company, which owns the winery, in 2017, according to SPARK-Interfax, reached almost 164 million rubles, net profit - about 17 million rubles. Earlier, a source Kommersant on the wine market reported that the structures of the billionaire Yuri Kovalchuk showed interest in the winery.

2016

The Azure Berry company was established in 2016 by businessman Gennady Timchenko, who is the owner of the Volga Group investment group (ranked 5th in the Forbes rating of the richest Russians in 2018 with a fortune of $16 billion) and a certain Vladimir Kolbin. As of April 4 last year, both entrepreneurs were part of the governing body of the association, it follows from its documents provided to the Ministry of Justice.