You can find on this page the Ukraine wine map to print and to download in PDF. The Ukraine wine regions map presents the vineyards and wine growing areas of Ukraine in Europe.
The Ukraine wine map shows all wine growing areas of Ukraine. This wine regions map of Ukraine will allow you to easily localize all appellations and main grape varieties in Ukraine in Europe. The Ukraine vineyards map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Ukraine main wine-producing regions include as you can see in Ukraine wine map: Odesa region (52 thousand ha of vineyards), Kherson region (20 thousand ha), Mykolaiv region (15 thousand ha), Transcarpathia (8 thousand ha) and Crimea. Additionally, small vineyards are planted in other regions of Ukraine. The varietal diversity of grapes in Ukraine is represented by the internationally selected and also several autochthonous varieties. The most renowned autochthonous variety is Telti Kuyruk cultivated on in Shabo terroir. The most widely planted selected variety is Odesa Black and Sukhyi Liman White, while Saperavi, Aligote, Rkatsiteli, Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Riesling are the most popular international varieties.
Ukraine consists of three major wine-growing regions as its shown in Ukraine wine map. This is by far the largest area in the southwest around the city of Odessa with almost 50% of the total area. Hungary and Romania adjacent Transcarpathian area , as well as the area south of the river Dnipro near the cities of Kherson and Dnieperpetrovsk . The continental climate is characterized by hot summers and severe winters. In 2019, 133.4 million liters of wine were produced from 41,500 hectares of vineyards. Almost 180 grape varieties are cultivated, including the majority of indigenous or varieties grown here. After collectivization, mass planting of vineyards began. Created a special rake, nursery base. As early as 1953, the vineyard area had grown to 5400 hectares. 1200-1500 ha of new plantations were planted each year. In 1960, vineyards (excluding the individual sector) occupied an area of 14.5 thousand hectares, the history of the region did not yet know.
In 1788, after the conquest of Ochakov, Prince Potemkin, assessing the contribution of the Cossacks to the overall victory, gave them lands between the Dniester and the Bug as its mentioned in Ukraine wine map. Then the first information about the vineyards in Sloboda, Yaski, Golovkivka, Bilyaivka and Agidera (Ovidiopol) appeared. But three years later, the same Potemkin wished to make serfs from the Cossacks, and the Cossacks, reluctant to go, went to Budzhak. The Black Sea region is rightly considered one of the most ancient wine-growing regions of Ukraine. Ancient Greeks in the first place evaluated its favorable for viticulture relief. Flat winemaking allows, in the main, to grow table varieties and varieties suitable for the production of ordinary wines. Even the ancient Romans believed that grapes grown on an inclined plane give the best yield. The winter of Odessa, Mykolayiv and part of Kherson is characterized by a mild winter, which is very important for the thermophilic vine. In particular, it is at the border of the Northern Black Sea that there is a border of indivisible industrial culture.