🗺️ Ukrainian wine
The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
Ukrainian wine is the wine of a country with long grape-growing traditions. Vines were grown even in the ancient Greek colonies on the Black Sea. Today the main wine areas are the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as Zakarpattia, Podillia, the Kyiv region and Crimea, which is part of Ukraine.
The country has many international and local varieties. Some were bred by Ukrainian breeders, notably at the Magarach institute in Crimea. They include Alibernet, Kefesia, Bastardo Magarachsky, Rubinovy Magaracha, Magarach 653, Rannii Magaracha and others. Historic Crimean varieties are Kokur Bely, Sary Pandas, Ekim Kara, Dzhevat Kara and Telti-Kuruk.
Styles are varied: dry and off-dry wines, sparkling, dessert, as well as Kagor and mulled wine. There are also everyday categories: ordinary, marochne and collection wine, home wine, young wine, and PDO wine. Ukrainian wine is counted among the wines of Europe and follows European principles of designation.
What it includes
How it connects to Wine
🗺️ Ukrainian wine → kind of → 🗺️ Wines of Europe → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🗺️ Wines of Europe
- Native grapes
- 🍇 Alibernet, 🍇 Bastardo Magarachskii, 🍇 Magarach Ruby, 🍇 Original, 🍇 Arkadia, 🍇 Kokur Belyi, 🍇 Veles, 🍇 Lora, 🍇 Kefessia, 🍇 Sofiya
- Wines made here
- 🍷 Kagor, 🍷 Mulled wine, 🍷 Homemade wine, 🍷 New wine
- Classifications
- 🏷️ Ordinary wine, 🏷️ Vintage-quality wine, 🏷️ Collection wine, 🏷️ Ukrainian PDO wine, 🏷️ Ukrainian dessert wine category, 🏷️ Strong fortified wine category
Frequently asked questions
Where is wine made in Ukraine?
Mainly in the south: the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and Crimea, as well as Zakarpattia and Podillia.
Which local grapes exist?
For example Alibernet, Kokur Bely, Sary Pandas and Rubinovy Magaracha.
What wine categories are there?
Ordinary, marochne and collection wines, as well as wines with a protected designation.
What to read next
- 🍇 Kokur Belyi — An old white grape of Crimea used for table, fortified and dessert wines.
- 🍷 New wine — Wine from the new harvest, drunk in its first autumn and winter.
- 🏷️ Vintage-quality wine — A Ukrainian and Moldovan category of aged quality wine from a specific area.
- 🍇 Bastardo Magarachskii — A red grape bred at the Magarach Institute in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.
- 🍇 Magarach Ruby — A red grape bred at the Magarach Institute in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine.
Similar
🗺️ Moldovan wine · 🗺️ Slovak wine · 🗺️ Czech wine · 🗺️ Austrian wine · 🗺️ Maltese wine · 🗺️ Lithuanian wine
⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Ukrainian wine
- OIV, International Organisation of Vine and Wine
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Wine