The history of wine making on the South of Russia
From the point of view of wine
making the most important part belongs to Tamanskii peninsula. It
is washed by the Black and Azov seas. There are less cloudy days
in Taman than in any other area of Russia. A small city of the same
name Taman located on the peninsula is the champion of the annual
Sun shining in Russia. The Sun shines there 2400 hours a year, while
in Temruk it's only 2116 hours and in Sennaja - 2005 hours. The
average temperature of the year on the peninsula is about +11 Celcius.
Mild winter allowes to grow vine without any covering.
Wine
plants of Taman produce very wide assortment of collectional drinks:
dry white and red wines, semi - dry, semi - sweet, special strong,
cognac, sherry, madeira. They include more than 150 types. Most
of the wines are either the only produced in Russia (sherry, madeira)
or the best ones in their class.
There are
also many wine plants in the area of the Black sea city - resort
Anapa, Novorossiisk and Krimsk.
Krasnodarskii krai
is the southern region of modern Russia.
Kuban
is the North - Eastern part of Krasnodarskii krai.
