Some Facts About the History of AS Valtu Vein

The spirits distillery was operating close to Rapla, in the village of Valtu during the times of the manorial estates, but wine manufacturing was only begun in the neighbouring village – Kaerepere – during the collective farm period. The production of natural fruit and berry wines was launched at the former Valtu collective farm in 1972 and it peaked immediately before the Soviet ‘prohibition law’ became effective – 800 tons of wine per annum were produced at that time. The factory survived the ‘prohibition law’ period by bottling beer in the very same factory, continuing wine production after the collapse of collective farms, but now in the form of a private limited company Valtu Vein, established in 1993. The production level dropped to a critical limit – 110 tons of wine per annum – in 1997, mostly because of marketing problems. Six different wines - Kõuts, Merevaik, Nova Stella, Punane, Rubiin and Valtu – were produced in the factory.

In August 1998, AS Tallinna Karastusjoogid acquired the title of Valtu Wine Factory. The marketing problems were solved and the reconstruction of the factory was begun.
Thanks to the results from searching and experimenting with new recipes, the assortment of wines has considerably grown. Semi-dry fruit and berry wines have been added to the list of sweet wines. Customers can also buy mulled wine all year round.
In 1999, the factory launched the production of vodka. All the trademarks used to mark the factory output form a part of the intellectual property owned by the parent company, AS Tallinna Karastusjoogid.