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What comes to your mind when thinking of Caviar & Polo? Graceful and inspiring moments in the elegant company of the most pleasant and exceptional black beads? Outrageous gourmet indulgence and sport achievements bound together for an ultimate luxury experience? Polo & Caviar have been motive for some of the most fascinating events around the world, but how far away we have been able to look in the past and understand the common grounds of the king of games and the food of kings? Let yourself enter the mystic and attractive world of Polo & Caviar History. Enjoy the journey through Tsar’s and Khan’s times and familiarize yourself with the extraordinary stories of the oldest team sport and the most expensive gourmet food descents.

Nowadays Polo is usually associated with royal England but its origins came from far away east, somewhere along the line between Asia and Europe. Some of the major sources of historical information are derived from the Persian literature and art. Polo dates back in the 6th Century BC, originally created by some of the Central Asia tribes. Undoubtedly, the game was quickly adopted as a training method for the cavalry of ancient Shahs, Khans, and Caliphs. Polo game takes a special place in the history of Asia, and by the Middle Ages it has been played from Constantinople to Japan. Through the centuries, in the times of conquering this part of the world, Polo became the most noble game, proof of the exceptional qualities and strength of the kings. Historical evidence of its royal transformation is a famous verse, etched on a stone, next to a polo filed in Pakistan, on the road of silk, between China and Europe.

Turning sight to caviar’s history it is more than noticeable that it has the same origin: Caspian Sea, along the coast of Iran and Russia, the most significant producers of high- class caviar in the world. Initially, used as the food of the masses, sanctioned by the Orthodox Church during religious feasts, caviar was later on introduced to the West world, to become the most desirable, extravagant and rare food of the modern times.

The developments in Polo & Caviar in the Middle to Late 18th Century outlined their brilliant and glamorous future. The first touch of the western people to the game was by British tea planters, who witnessed a polo match in India and took with them the idea of the most difficult equestrian game in England. Around 1850-1870, the polo was officially established in England. Few years later, ironically polo was introduced to Argentina and U.S.A, the countries together with U.K that happen to be polo’s most developed and passionate nations. What was happening with the caviar during the Middle of 18th Century? In the 1860, Russia developed a technology to fertilize sturgeon eggs. Already introduced in Europe, in 18th century caviar was in its apogee during the Belle Époque. The demand for the tiny, delicious, elegant black beads in the royalty courts of Italy, France, and England increased drastically. The international trade of the most superior caviar started with the dealership of the German company Dieckmann & Hansen.

Modern fishery was established by the Lianazov Family along the coast of the Iranian Caspian Sea tracing out the high quality production of the future’s most scarce gourmet delicacy.