Agnieszka Rousseau
(That is, the one that talks to yeast)
She has been involved in wine and its production for more than 20 years. She holds the prestigious Diplôme National d'Œnologue earned at France's oldest wine college - the University of Montpellier in France. She has experience of twenty-six wine seasons in both hemispheres. As a flying winemaker, he has been advising others for years on how not to spoil wine. In France, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, India, Russia, Romania, and most recently in Poland. To date, he has succeeded with tens of millions of liters. The result is more than 200 medals at the world's most important wine competitions. The wines she has made are served on the tables of the White House, the court of the Prince of Monaco and the Kremlin, among others.
She is the author of many articles in the specialized press and the first ever book on cider production written in Polish (“Cider from Polish Apples”). She is co-founder and vice president of the Women and Wines of the World association and co-organizer of the competition held annually in Monte Carlo (Monaco). She participates in the international competition Femmes et Spiritueux du Monde as chairwoman of the jury. Lecturer at the Jagiellonian University. Non-governmental expert cooperating with the FAO/WHO CC in Poland on wine-related issues.
Piotr Jaskóła
(That is, the one who insisted on establishing a vineyard on this very mountain)
A graduate of the Forestry Department of the Agricultural Academy in Cracow. Ecologist combining enormous knowledge with exceptional intuition that allows him to implement even the craziest ideas. Such as the establishment of a vineyard in the center of the Silesian agglomeration. What seemed absurd resulted in numerous medals for the wines created there and winning the award for the best regional product at the POLAGRA fair in 2012.
He has completed many training courses on wine, and was one of the first participants in the Master in the Wine Profession course organized in 2009.
He was the first in the country, after a long battle with the local administration, to obtain the right to excise and sell his own wine as a farmer.
One of the initiators of changes in the wine law. Founder of the Silesian Winemakers Association and its long-time president.
It was he who discovered the unique habitat of the Wieliczka Vineyard and insisted on establishing cultivation there without the use of chemical pesticides. He is convinced that wine is made in the vineyard and the condition of the vines and the quality of the fruit determine its quality. He takes care of their well-being not only by necessary agrotechnical treatments. Sometimes he talks to the vines at four in the morning or they listen to Bach together.