Corporate conflict, Odesa Black, and the revival of Ukrainian grape varieties. The story of Villa Tinta.

The company "Vinhol Oksamytne" from the Odesa region has increased its exports of Villa Tinta wine fivefold in three years of full-scale war. In 2024, the winery exported a third of its annual wine production, mainly to Sweden, the USA, and Japan. Last year, Vinhol Oksamytne's revenue, according to YouControl data, amounted to 33.4 million UAH.

The company's specialty is its focus on wine made from Ukrainian, autochthonous grape varieties that are not cultivated in other countries. These are Odesa Black and Sukholimansky White. The company grows the first on 130 hectares, and the second on over 30 hectares.

"This is the largest vineyard planted with the Odessa Black variety, planted as a single block," says Kostyantyn Tintulov, co-owner of Vinhol Oksamytne. In total, the estate has over 500 hectares of vineyards.

Both varieties were "discovered" for full-fledged winemaking. founder Vinhol Oksamytne was founded by the late Valeriy Tintulov, the father of Yuriy and Konstantin Tintulov, who continue his legacy. Thanks to this family and other producers, Odesa Black has become a hallmark of Ukrainian winemaking.

"The peculiarity of the variety is that not only the skin, but also the pulp of the berry is intensely colored," says Lidia Yakshina, head of WINETIME ACADEMY. "Thanks to this, the wine gets a very deep, ruby color, really, almost black."

How did a company from the Odesa region manage to export wine varieties that were previously unknown in the world? Read the article on Liga.net.