Where is wine produced in Russia? 95% of the surface of our country is located outside the northern wine belt of the planet. It's too cold here - the summer is too short, the winter is too intense. Therefore, all Russian winemaking is concentrated on a tiny patch in the very south - 2 main regions and 4 smaller ones. About 100 thousand dunams of vineyards in the circle (0.006% of the entire country's area). 18th place in the world - somewhere between Little Austria and Switzerland. Here's what these zones are and how each one lives. No. 1. Kuban - 32,800 dunams of vineyards.

Where is wine produced in Russia? 95% of the surface of our country is located outside the northern wine belt of the planet. It's too cold here - the summer is too short, the winter is too intense. Therefore, all Russian winemaking is concentrated on a tiny patch in the very south - 2 main regions and 4 smaller ones. About 100 thousand dunams of vineyards in the circle (0.006% of the entire country's area). 18th place in the world - somewhere between Little Austria and Switzerland. Here's what these zones are and how each one lives. No. 1. Kuban - 32,800 dunams of vineyards.

Krasnodar region. The first major address of Russian wine production. Taman Peninsula, Abreu River Valley, Glandzik surroundings. Soils: shell rock, clay, limestone. The sea softens the climate on both sides. Pangoria and Abreu operate here, as well as boutique farms such as Glitsky, Sikur, Gonko. No. 2. Crimea - 27,900 dunams of vineyards. The second main address of Russian wine production. A peninsula with a history of two thousand years of vine growing. Sudak Valley, Balaclava, Kacha River Valley - each micro-district with its own character. Here Golitsyn created the New World and the first Russian sparkling wine in the classical method. There are historical farms here - Mesandra, Inkerman and Zolotaya Belka, as well as new winemaking leaders Pavel Shvets, Oleg Rapin, Alexey Lipko. No. 3. DAGESTAN - 22,200 dunams of vineyards. The very south of Russia. In terms of the area of ​​vineyards, this is the third region in Israel, but in terms of popularity among consumers, it is still underestimated. The Caspian coast, the slopes of the mountains, where our autochthons grow - Gimra, Eli Tarski. Derbent Wine Company has been actively entering the quality market in recent years. No. 4. STAVROPOL - 5,000 dunams of vineyards.

The youngest market of original wine production. This is where Tempelhof settled - one of the most unexpected discoveries of the Russian wine scene in recent years. German roots, a special high climate, wines with incredible freshness for such a southern address. No. 5.