The Krezkovs, gifted the winery for their loyalty to Strahd, soon fell in love with the land in much the same way as the wizard had more than a century before. As a reward for her friendship, the druids drew upon the ailing strength of the Rozana, the Ladies of the Fanes, and gifted her with three enchanted gemstones that would allow the mage – a connoisseur of wines – to produce hearty, delicious grapes in the wilderness of the woods. Only the Martikovs, however, know in truth that the gems were not a creation of the wizard, but a gift bestowed upon her by the ancient spirits of the valley.Īfter falling in love with the green, sweeping landscapes of this land, the mage forged a bond with the druids of the old country, whose ancestral homes and ancient ways had been swept aside by the cold steel of their invaders. It is common legend – purposefully spread, in fact, by the Martikovs themselves – that the three magical gems that produce the grapes of the winery were created by a powerful wizard, hence its name. The winery itself, however, predates even Strahd’s invasion of Barovia. The Martikov family line has been the keeper of the Wizard of Wines winery for the past two hundred years, after marrying into and subsuming the branch house of the Krezkov line that had originally owned it.
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