Russian wine

Wineries

Samara

• Denisov Winery

Lower Volga

• Gusev Winery
• Villa Sofia
• Zimovets
• Estate Pokrovskoye

Rostov region. Don Valley

• Vina Arpachina
• Vina Bani
• Winery Vedernikov
• Villa Star
• Pavel Fedosov Winery
• Molchanov Winery
• Serdyuk's dacha
• Loza Limana
• Millerovsky winery
• Sarkel Manor
• Tsimlyansk Wines
• Elbuzd

Republic of Dagestan

• Agroline
• Gerey Tuz
• Derbent sparkling wine factory
• Derbent Wine Company
• Derbent Brandy Factory
• Chateau Dargo

Stavropol Territory

Main article: Winemaking of the Stavropol Territory

• Farm laborer
• Zuncar wines
• Kovalenko
• Levokumskoe
• Marco (Gennady Trigub)
• Praskoveysky winery
• Tempelhof
• Viera Doban

Kabardino-Balkar Republic

• Konstantin Dzitoev Winery

Krasnodar Territory

Taman Peninsula

• Uzunov Winery
• Milstream
• Golubitskoye Estate
• Kuban Wine
• Taman Wine Company
• Phanagoria
• Shato-Taman
• Anniversary
• SMC (Southern Wine Company)
• SUHOV winery
• Villa Aristov

Anapa

• Valma (family winery)
• Berdyaev Winery
• Karakezidi Wine House
• Old Greek Wine Compound
• Galitsky and Galitsky
• Guy Kozzor
• Cantina
• Rocky Shore
• Shumrinka

Semigorye

• Sikora estate
• Tristhorium
• Semigorye Manor
• Nesterov winery

Novorossiysk

• Abrau-Durso
• Myshako
• Dry Mountain
• Château Pineau
• Domaine Burnier
• Fervino

Krymsk

• Gunko Winery
• Mantra Winery
• Lefkadia
• Olympus (Winery)
• Chateau le gran Vostok

Gelendzhik

• Mezyb
• Manor Divnomorskoye
• Markoth Manor
• Château de Talue
• Krinitsa

Afips River Valley

• Sober-Bash

Eastern Azov Region

• Priazovsky wine house

Crimea

Sevastopol

• Belbek
• Golden Beam
• Inkerman plant
• Oleg Repin
• Rem Akchurin
• Perovskii Manor
• Mangup Manor
• Yaiyla (Yaila)
• UPPA Winery

Wine region Crimea

• Askeri
• Alma Valley
• Bakhchisaray Winzvod
• Burliuk Winery
• Dontsovs Wine House
• Wines of Livadia
• Evpatoria plant of classic wines
• Inkerman Plant
• Kalos Limen * Lucky Winery
• Massandra
• Mriya Wine Park
• The New World
• Satire
• Sun Valley
• St.Savva Valley
• Fotisal
• Chateau Cotes de Saint Daniel

Terminology

CGU - protected geographical indication and designation of the production region. The borders of the ZSU pass along the borders of territorial formations of the Russian Federation: Crimea, Kuban, Terek Valley (Kabardino-Balkar Republic), Don Valley, Dagestan, Lower Volga. Requirement for ZSU wines: at least 85% of grapes must be harvested within the specified geographical area, 15% within the subject of the Russian Federation in which the area is located

ZNMP - protected name of place of origin. A more specific definition of vineyard territory is a rural settlement or geographic feature.

The registry is publicly available

History

2023

Increase in vineyard area by 6 thousand hectares to 105 thousand hectares

The area of ​ ​ vineyards in Russia in 2023 increased by 6 thousand hectares and amounted to 105 thousand hectares. Irina Fedina, Deputy Director of the Department of Food and Processing Industry of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, announced this on April 15, 2024 at the opening of the spring stage of the All-Russian action "Days of Russian Wines."

According to him, in 2024, winegrowers and winemakers do not plan to reduce turnover and can increase the area of ​ ​ vineyards by another 6 thousand hectares. Fedina also spoke about the increase in the production of Russian wine products. In 2023, the volume of output reached 60 million decaliters.

The area of ​ ​ vineyards in Russia in 2023 increased by 6 thousand hectares

The Deputy Director of the Department of Food and Processing Industry of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation also recalled that Russian winegrowers and winemakers receive state support within the framework of a special federal project "Stimulating the development of viticulture and winemaking." Annually, about 3.5 billion rubles are allocated for this project.

The program "Stimulating the development of viticulture and winemaking" has been implemented since 2022. The main goal of the fedproject is to increase the area of ​ ​ vineyards in fruiting age by 35% by 2030. For this, it was planned to allocate from 2.4 to 3.3 billion rubles of state support annually, and the total amount of federal budget funds will amount to 25.4 billion rubles.

According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Marina Afonina, by 2023 viticulture and winemaking has become one of the most actively developing segments of agriculture. The deputy head of the Ministry of Agriculture added that this industry, in connection with the long investment cycle, requires special attention and support from the state. One of the measures of state support is concessional lending under the capital cost compensation program for agricultural enterprises, she recalled.^[1]

8.3% reduction in wine production to 29.99 million decaliters

In 2023, 29.99 million decaliters (dal) of wine were produced in Russia, which is 8.3% less than a year ago. This is evidenced by the data of the Rosalkogoltabakkontrol (formerly Rosalkogolregulirovanie), published in mid-January 2024.

According to Interfax, wine production in the Russian Federation at the end of 2023 turned out to be higher compared to 2021, when the country's wineries produced 29.8 million decaliters of the drink. In December 2023, the market decline in annual terms amounted to 0.1% to 2.5 million decaliters. This practically corresponds to the December 2021 indicator (2.56 million decaliters), the agency adds.

From the materials of Rosalkogoltabakkontrol, it also follows that the production of liquor wines in Russia in 2023 amounted to 67.9 thousand decaliters, having decreased by 19.8% compared to 2022. However, compared to 2021 (199.4 million decaliters), this is significantly more.

The production of sparkling (champagne) wines in Russia in 2023 decreased by 12.7% compared to 2022 - to 14.1 million decaliters. This is more than in 2021 (12.9 million decaliters).

The head of the National Union for the Protection of Consumer Rights Pavel Shapkin, commenting on the statistics of Rosalkogoltabakkontrol, suggested that the demand for wine in Russia is falling due to the desire of citizens to save money.

The reason lies in the fact that our wines are expensive. In Europe, a bottle of wine (0.7) can be bought for two euros. And even our domestic wines are more expensive, there is nothing to be surprised at, "the social activist added.

In his opinion, another negative factor affecting the production of wine in Russia is associated with the growing popularity of low-alcohol cocktails in Russia. And young people even switch to drinks without alcohol, Shapkin added.

Vadim Drobiz, director of the Center for Research on Federal and Regional Alcohol Markets, named another reason - an increase in the excise rate on wine drinks in 2020-2021:

The authorities assumed that consumers of such goods would rush into the wine and sparkling segment, but this did not happen. And production of wine products fell by almost a quarter. As a result, a significant part of these wine drinks was replaced primarily by beer and low alcohol.[2]

The Ministry of Industry and Trade estimated the share of Russian wine in the market at 55%

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia said that the share of domestic wine in the Russian market by April 2023 increased to 55%, while before the adoption of the law on winemaking, the figure was 20-30%.

The fact that the share of Russian wine in the market for two years of the law on viticulture and winemaking reached 55% compared to the share of 20-30% that domestic wine occupied earlier, in December 2022, the Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin also said.

According to the deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov, by April 2023, import substitution of sparkling and quiet wines is actively underway in the Russian Federation.

In the wine cards of restaurants, the presence of domestic wine has also grown by an order of magnitude. Russian wine is becoming more and more attractive to consumers, "he said.

As explained in Roskachestvo, the increase in the share of Russian wine occurred during the period of the law "On viticulture and winemaking in the Russian Federation," which regulates the industry.

Thanks to this law, today we are effectively pursuing a policy of replacing imports of sparkling and quiet wines, - added to Roskachestvo.

According to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the RFMARINA Afonina, in recent years, viticulture and winemaking from a niche sphere of activity has turned into one of the most actively developing sectors of the agro-industrial complex.

Last [2022], farmers harvested a good harvest of high quality grapes - about 890 thousand tons, which is 18% more than the 2021 harvest. Also in 2022, the laying of vineyards increased by almost 43%, and their total area for the first time in modern history exceeded 100 thousand hectares, she said.

On April 10, 2023, Rosalkogolregulirovanie reported that in the first quarter of 2023, 2.5 million dal of champagne was produced in Russia (+ 14.4% compared to the same period in 2022), 6.027 million dal of grape wine (+ 2.7%), 0.721 million dal of grape-containing drinks without ethyl alcohol (+ 11.1%) and 0.27 million dal of liquor wines (+^[3]55%

2022

Sparkling wine output up 42% to 6.1m bottles

The production of sparkling wines in Russia in 2022 increased immediately by 42% year-on-year, to 6.1 million bottles.

Record grape harvest in the Krasnodar Territory - 280 thousand tons

In 2022, farmers of the Krasnodar Territory collected 280 thousand tons of grapes. This is a record harvest in the history of the Kuban. Almost 75% of all berries are in the Temryuk region. The rest was collected in Anapa, Novorossiysk, Krymsk and Gelendzhik.

Before that, 1986 was considered the most productive. Then the farmers managed to collect 263 thousand tons of berries. It was possible to achieve record levels this year due to new plantations - four years ago, 2,000 hectares of vineyards were laid in the region.

Wine production in Russia is more profitable than vodka. Beer is the most unprofitable alcohol

Wine production in Russia is more profitable than vodka, and beer is the most unprofitable alcohol. Such data are given in the study of the Research Financial Institute (NIFI) of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, published at the end of February 2022.

According to experts, the profitability of wine production is 15.54%. Vodka, whiskey, brandy, gin and liqueurs are slightly lower at 15.47%. The most profitable, as expected, was the production of alcohol - 19.39%. For beer, the profitability is only 8.41%, for cider and other fruit wines - 10.76%, drinking water - 12.31%, soda - 7.72%.

The NIFI study also covers the production of soft drinks: the profitability of mineral water production was 12.31% according to experts, and the production of sweet soft drinks turned out to be the least profitable - its return is only 7.72%.

According to the authors of the report, in the field of alcohol production, a relatively high level of profitability provides opportunities for the introduction of labeling.

Additional budget revenues from the introduction of such mandatory electronic labeling, according to the authors of the study, for the year will amount to 129.62 billion. And rubles the total balance of income states and business from the introduction of labeling for the year in the category of strong alcohol will amount to 581 billion rubles, "quiet" wines - 85.4 billion rubles, sparkling - 23 billion, in vermouth and flavored wines - 7.4 billion rubles, fermented drinks - 6.1 billion rubles. And in the beer category, the income balance will amount to 309.2 billion rubles, analysts predict.

NIFI experts conducted a study of the alcohol market in Russia based on 223 indicators of Rosstat, the Federal Customs Service, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Bank of Russia.^[4]

2021

Gatchina distillery took first place in the quiet wine market

The leader changed on the Russian market of quiet wines in 2021. The first place was taken by the Gatchina Distillery (GSZ), which produced 2.5 million dal of such alcohol, ahead of the Ariant Group of Companies. Vedomosti wrote about this on February 1, 2022, citing data from Rosalkogolregulirovanie provided by market participants. Read more here.

Import of wine materials stopped

The share of Russian wines in chain stores in Russia reached 60%. "The import of wine materials into the country has been almost completely stopped. It has significantly decreased, tenfold, and this, of course, allows winemaking to develop in the country, "Patrushev said in March 2021. Now wine in Russia is produced from grapes grown on Russian territory, he said.

2018

The first wines with a protected name of origin appeared on sale on the territory of the Russian Federation. In 2018, the first study "Wine Guide of Russia" was conducted as part of the Roskachestvo project

2016

The first wines with a protected geographical indication appeared on sale on the territory of the Russian Federation

V-IV centuries BC: Winemaking of Taurus and Greeks in the Eastern Black Sea region and in the Crimea

With the beginning of Greek colonization, large settlements are founded on the coast for the purpose of trade and exchange of goods. The active cultivation of grapes begins, wine is the main means of trade and exchange. Large settlement cities: Chersonesos, Theodosia, Panticapaeus, Fanagoria, Gorgippia.

Grapes are grown on the territory of the Eastern Black Sea Region and Crimea, including for winemaking and tavern.

See also

• Alcoholic beverages (Russian market)
• Alcoholic Beverages (Global Market)

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