Ukrainians remember Bakhmut, city of salt and sparkling wine

The city was known far beyond Ukraine’s borders for its sparkling wine. The local winery, set up in a huge abandoned gypsum mine in the 1950s, was among the biggest and best producers of the fizzy drink in the USSR and then in independent Ukraine. Its location, about 70 metres below ground, made it easier to achieve the right temperature for the drink to ferment.