The history of wine making on the South of Russia
By the end of the 19th century the military
actions on Caucasus ended up. And the wine making started
to develop on a different level. In 1867
by the highest Order of Emperor a special large vineyard/winemaking
estate was founded in the area of Novorossiisk city
named Abrau - Durso. It affected much the development
of vineyard and wine making in Kuban.
In
1881 the wines produced in Black sea area were represented at Yalta
exibition. This first wine from vineyards of Black sea
area was thoroughlly examined. And it showed fine quality.
In 1883 wine Risling from Abrau-Durso was
represented at an Internation exibition in Chikago.
In 1884 the red and white wines from Abrau-Durso won the gold medal
at the wine exibition in Yalta.
In
1900 the second congress of vineyard owners took place in Novorossiisk.
And in 1901 the vinedressers and winemakers association
was founded in the Black sea area. In 1906 it opened
its own shops in Moscow, Ekaterinodar, Stavropol, Odessa, Rostov
- on- Don, Kharkov, Vladivostok, Omsk, Sankt - Petersburg,
Pavlodar.
Krasnodarskii krai
is the southern region of modern Russia.
Kuban
is the North - Eastern part of Krasnodarskii krai.
