Applicants for the “Rēzeknes Municipality 2019” nominations in nominations “annual enterprise — VIP” and “annual artisanal/domestic producer”

On March 19, 2020, for the eighth time, the best entrepreneurs of the 2019 Rēzekne municipality - the power and pride of the municipality - will be honoured.
The aim of the competition is to clarify and honor the entrepreneurs of Rezekne, who are active in the territory of the municipality, promoting the development of the business environment, attractiveness of production areas, employment, public activity, public and private co-operation, attractiveness of the work environment, ensuring the wider recognition of the economic operators, the promotion of the production/services produced by them.
The companies applied for were assessed in ten nominations:

1.  Annual company (industry, services);
2.  Annual agricultural company;
3.  The tourism service provider of the year;
4.  Annual company – “VIP” (product of local identity);
5.  Annual artisanal/domestic producer;
6.  The introduction of innovative products/services of the year;
7.  New company of the year (agriculture/industry/services);
8.  Annual mecenate;
9.  The family business of the year;
10.  Annual employer (evaluation is based on SRS data).

26 companies were announced for the competition this year (last year - 18). With the decision of the Rēzekne District Council, the Commission visited each of the entrepreneurs at the end of last year to familiarise themselves with the activities, plans and perspectives of the company.
The winners in the competition “Rezekne Municipality 2019” will be announced only in the celebration event that will be held in the Nautre Cultural and Sports hall this year, but we are already starting to introduce the applicants. These are the two companies that have been nominated in the nomination “annual company - a local identity product”, as well as one company that has been nominated in the nomination “annual artisanal/domestic producer”.
SIA “CUKURELLA”, Strujanu civil parish, owner Vella Sarmule
SIA “CUKURELLA” is registered on 8 July 2019. The idea of producing healthy carcasses came when the company's producer Wells Sarmule was repeatedly disappointed in the current sweets. In fact, by attending a number of fairs in Latgale with a child, she could not find a knife that would address both the small carpeter and his parents to be sufficiently natural and unsaturated with everything that was harmful to the child's body.
The cooking of sweets was taken by Wales for some time before the establishment of the company, but it was a real belief in this idea and its viability, helped to win the “countryside” competition organised by the Latvian Rural Consultation Centre (LLC) in 2018. The expert support, the Council and the encouragement received during the competition, as well as the resulting money prize used for the purchase of equipment and equipment, gave the opportunity to raise the quality of the sweets produced at a higher level.
In addition to the incentive for rapid development, THE support OF THE LEARN project of the municipality of Rezekne IN 2018 and the allocated funding used to accommodate the production facilities were also evident.
Currently SIA “CUKURELLA” produces apple bien zefirus with various local berries and fruit puree, Marshmallow pastilles from local berries and fruit juices, Cake Pops biscuits and various other sweets by order, as well as periodically CUCURELLA production can be purchased in the Rēzekne municipality and the closest vicinity of the domestic producers. For their surprise, very popular is the sweets cooking workshops, which take place both at the site of the customer and in the site of the emerging production facilities, in the home of the Welsh Red home in Dricana parish.
The next future plans include the production of ice cream and the cooking workshops and tasting.
SIA “KUUP COFFEE” 

SIA KUUP COFFEE Rēzekne municipality is the first “Specialty” coffee roaster in Latgale, which opened its doors in February 2019. High quality “Specialty” coffee beans or specially selected coffee are roasted. MELUP coffee is a high-quality product in Latgale with its story. Its designer and producer Oscars Maculevičs have facilitated and commenced the development of coffee culture in Latgale. MR Maculevičs truly hopes that once Latgale will be interesting and recognisable not only with his podiers and schmakovka, but also with his coffee and coffee culture!
In order to develop the company, both EU funds and private, as well as the financing of the project “Rural Economic Development in Rezekne District” were attached.
A collaboration with the writer Oscar Orlov (Raibu) is created to fit the fresh roasted coffee and give it a latgalic tone and story. In collaboration with ceramics, Lochmeli from Vilnius has created CUBIC coffee cups from the stone and the first prototypes of Latgale coffee brewers. Local company services are used to print CUUP coffee labels. “BRAZILIAN NIGHT”, '' KOLUMBEY FLIRTS '', '' JESUPA ETIOPEJA DREYNS '- these coffee have not only original names but also different types of roasting and preparation, different taste characteristics.
Equally innovative is a CUBE activity that uses the possibilities of many projects not only for the development of the product, but also by remembering the non-residue technology to avoid contamination.
Although SIA KUUP COFFEE is a brand new company, its popularity and visibility in Latvia are growing, coffee is available in shops in Latgale and elsewhere, participates in various events in Latvia and offers a variety of coffee drinks for tasting and enjoying.
Applicant in nomination “annual artisanal/domestic producer” Nagu parish farm “family”, owner March Igaune
Farm farm “family” means a farm with a strong specialisation created by gardening and vineyard Marta Estonia: wine-making from local raw materials. A garden for the extraction of fruit and berries, as well as a recreational place for the enjoyment of wine and talks on wine-making, was established in the recovered and briceless grandmother land. This year, the pond was cleaned and the resulting land was created for the planting of vine collections at a more suitable location, the groves covered in the grove. The contracted employees are parish residents, a seasonal field worker programme is also used. As the land is located at the edge of the Nagu - Ignan Road, the whole thing is seen and what one woman can make from a fully degraded area, and inspires and encourages local residents to seek ideas and use their land resources to improve the quality of life.
Unfortunately, the land of the ancestors was recovered, without buildings, with unlocked electricity, so the harvested harvest is transported to the processing premises in Riga, where the “FAMILY WINES”, which are conveniently equipped in the winery, are placed back to Latgale in bottles. Much of the production is also available to customers in Riga and its surroundings at various exhibitions and events. In 2018, after the volume of marketed production, the z/s FAMILY was the 10 th largest (out of 85) in Latvia, which is the highest of Latgale winery.
Raw materials grown in the Nagu parish are used in the production of wines. “Family Wine” means a unique, qualitative, local product of particular added value. The housewife thinks of development visions in the future – the possibility of carrying out the entire wine-making process in Nagles. There is an opportunity to apply for wine tasting visits.
THE FAMILY WINE has become a recognisable brand throughout Latvia, which adds the name of Nagles parish and Rezekne.
Prepared by: Anna Ranāne
Photo: Sanita Zunda and from private archives