Groupe Castel is the No. 1 wine company in Europe. The company owns vineyards (more than 3,000 hectares), vinification centers (8 plants), and 20 castles and estates in Bordeaux, Languedoc, Loire and Provence. The number of employees is 28,000 people. In Russia, Groupe Castel has the trading house CASTEL MALEZAN LLC and its own bottling site in the Moscow Region — Klinskiye Napitki LLC.