KIMOV WINERY

ALEKSANDAR KIMOV

Story by Jasmina Siderovski

I knew that the competition in this business is huge, but I believe that if you really love something the results will be visible.

Aleksandar Kimov

Owner, Entrepreneur - Kimov Winery

Winemaking has been around for thousands of years. Wine production is a natural process that requires Mother Nature to provide everything that is needed to make wine; it is up to humans to embellish, improve, or obliterate what nature has provided, to which anyone with extensive wine tasting experience can attest.

Premium wines are much more labour-intensive and take longer to produce–from hand-picking grapes in vineyards planted on the hillsides, to ageing them for several years in real oak barrels. High-end red wines have a higher level of tannins which help them develop a more complex character while in a bottle.

There are five basic stages or steps to making wine: harvesting, crushing and pressing, fermentation, clarification, and then aging and bottling. One can find endless deviations and variations along the way. It is the variants and little deviations at any point in the process that make life interesting. They also make each wine unique and contribute to the greatness or ignominy of any wine. The steps for making white wine and red wine are the same, with one exception. The making of rosé wines and fortified or sparkling wines is also another matter; both require additional human intervention to succeed.

Aleksandar Kimov is the owner and founder of Kimov Winery. A Macedonian owned and operated family business with a clear vision and committed to producing World-Class Estate wines from Macedonia’s finest - Tikves Wine Region. Kimov Winery produces premium quality white wines. The love for the winery business started when Kimov was a young child. His father, the owner of the winery, and spent time and resources to learn everything they could about the business. Kimov says. “I had a solid background, but without love, none of this would have been possible. We have to love what we do.”

Growing up as a teenager, Kimov lacked motivation and started listening to motivational speeches. His admiration for Les Brown, one of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers, a dynamic personality and sought-after resource in business and professional circles for Fortune 500 CEOs), won his respect and changed Kimov’s life. Forever. “His speeches taught me a lot of things about believing in myself and my dream and that everything is possible if you love it.”–Kimov says.

After graduating from college, Kimov stayed in his country and continue the family tradition of making premium wine. In 2018 he founded “Kimov Winery.” His passion and love for wine helped Kimov establish a brand and a legacy. In their first year, they could produce a premium quality Sauvignon Blanc, that took flight and a perfect score of 100% by the Professional Wine Tasting Judges in not one but several wine competitions. The recognition encouraged and motivated Kimov and his team to pursue his love for producing an impeccable quality of wine nationwide.

A dedicated entrepreneur with and goal to be the best in the business, Kimov knew the enormity of competition in business and dedicated his success to his love for wine. “I knew that the competition in this business is huge, but I believe that if you really love something the results will be visible.” Says Kimov.

During the grassroots of Kimov Winery, he knew his only chance to be a major competitor in the production of premium quality wines was to ensure premium quality. He and his team are upskilled in the latest developments of the wine industry, educated and trained to improve, perfect and create a quality masterpiece for the wine connoisseurs of the world. This is achieved through his investment in resources, equipped with premium ox tanks designed to produce the wine. The tanks are kept four meters underground, which maintains their constant temperature the essence for making fine wine. When the wine is fermented, it is bottled, and stored horizontally in another area, five meters underground and left to age. A necessary part of the process for achieving premium quality of the wine.

Kimov Wines are also dedicated to marketing their products, a fundamental part of the business. “I believe that marketing is very important for every business because it helps the brand to be recognized. We organize wine tasting events, we make videos about our wines, we promote them on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Our next goal is making a wine tasting room made of stones and bricks, this will allow us to share our story and our wines to be tasted by a larger group of people.”—Says Kimov.

His experience and culture, heritage and overall expertise have taught Kimov many lessons along the way. As with any entrepreneur, the ability to grow and learn from trial and error is a key to success. “The most valuable lesson that I have learned is that to do business, people have to trust you, and in this business, we gain the trust by producing premium quality wines.” - Kimov

Kimov Winery

“I don’t have any particular skills and talents, but I am a very ambitious person. I consider myself a dreamer and an entrepreneur.”

We asked Kimov what his advice to others dreaming of being an entrepreneur?

“We must fight for our dreams, we don’t have to give up when things don’t go the way we want them to go, we must believe that God is with us through the path to success.”