The history of wine making on the South of Russia
Vineyards and wine making on the South of Russia
has ancient roots. They are connected with the appearance
of Greek settlements on the territories near Black and Azov seas
inhabited by people with local aborigen culture of vine growing
and methods of wine making. It is traditionally called "Abkhazian
and Adigejan" culture.
Caucasus
and Southern Black sea areas of the modern Krasnodarskii krai are
the original motherlands of vine culture itself.
There are Biblical evidences about it. As it is well known
after the end of the Flood Noi founded his settlement on Ararat
mountains. " ... and Noi started to plough the earth
and grow vine. And he drank some wine and got drunk".
If
the appearance of the vine on the territory of the Northern Black
sea coast and Southern Azov sea coast can be refered
to 4th and 5th centuries B.C., the appearance of local aborigen
sorts of vine and techniques of its lian culture (growing vine as a
lian woven in the trees) has no exact data.
Abundant
Caucasus flora gave to the human kind many types of contemporary
cultural plants including vine. There is an opinion that Caucasus
vine was not brought from somewhere else but grew in its natural
state on Caucasus from ancient times. Currently
it is known for sure that Caucasus is the motherland of three
types of vine.
Krasnodarskii krai
is the southern region of modern Russia.
Kuban
is the North - Eastern part of Krasnodarskii krai.
