Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (GB)

Kazajstán (ES)

Cazaquistão (PO)

Kazakhstan (F)

Kazakistan (I)

Kazachstan (N)

The Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh Қазақстан Qazaqstan, Russian Казахстан) in Central Asia and Eastern Europe with the capital Astana covers 2,724,900 km². The former USSR constituent state became independent in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It borders Russia to the north, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to the south, and China to the south-east. Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country and the ninth largest state in the world.

Kasachstan - Landkarte, Flagge, Wappen

History

Evidence of grape cultivation dates back to the 7th century BC. Grapes were cultivated on a larger scale from the 1930s onwards. At this time, numerous fruit and wine-growing collective farms were established in the south and south-east of the country on the border with China in the areas of Almaty, Qysylorda and Shambyl.

Viticulture today

Only just under 4% of Kazakhstan's huge land area offers favourable climatic and soil conditions for viticulture. The continental climate is characterised by very cold winters and low rainfall. For this reason, most of the vineyards have to be irrigated artificially using water from the Syr-Darya and Ili rivers. In 2021, the vineyards covered 13,573 hectares of vines and the wine production volume was 233,00 hectolitres. Specialities are fortified dessert wines and sparkling wines. The former capital Almaty (Alma-Ata) is the centre of sparkling wine production. The grape variety index (Kym Anderson):

Grape variety	Colour	Synonyms	Hectare
Rkatsiteli	white	-	3.552
Bayanshira	white	-	645
Saperavi	red	-	428
Kuldzhinskii	red	Chulsinsky, Kouldjinka, Kulchinskii	385
Aligoté	white	-	277
Muscat Blanc	white	-	255
Pinot Noir	red	-	180
Riesling	white	-	111
Maiskii Chernyi	red	Majskij Chernyj, Mayskiy	110
Cabernet Franc	red	-	56
Matrasa	red	Madrasa, Matrasah	28
Cabernet Sauvignon	red	-	20
Ruby	red	-	9
Rubinovy Magaracha	red	Magaracha Ruby	1

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