Elbuzd
🇷🇺 Azovsky District,
A tax office worker with no business experience financed Russia's first three-level gravitational winery through bank loans at 24% interest—and nearly lost everything. Today, Tatiana Goncharova's Elbuzd produces 150,000 bottles annually under Michel Rolland's consultation, her three children trained to carry forward what almost bankrupted the family.
In 2008, Tatiana Goncharova worked in a Rostov Oblast tax office with no entrepreneurial background. After visiting European wine estates with her husband Vladimir, they returned home and did something improbable: borrowed at rates up to 24% to build a winery from scratch.
Market Access Note: Located in Rostov Oblast (not Crimea), Elbuzd has full international market access without geopolitical restrictions. German technology and Michel Rolland consultation position the brand for premium export markets.