Wine production in Odesa Oblast

Shabo Vineyards

Odesa Oblast is the largest wine-growing region in Ukraine.[1] As of 2018, wine production in Odeshchyna (Odesa Oblast) covered 26.29 thousand hectares - 60.44% of the total area of vineyards in Ukraine.[2]

The region is located in the favorable climate of the northwestern Black Sea coast, from the mouth of the Danube River to the Tylihul Estuary. According to 2015 data, grape production is carried out in 13 out of 26 districts (according to the previous administrative-territorial division of Ukraine).[1] Agricultural enterprises produced 2,966,984.57 quintals of grapes in 2018.[2]

As of October 5, 2016, according to the official classification of types of economic activity, the production of grape wines is carried out by 4 entrepreneurs and 152 legal entities, and 55 private enterprises and 528 legal entities are engaged in growing grapes.[3]

As of 2018, the largest share of the production of wine products belongs to grape must - 57.88%, in second place - the production of wine with an actual alcohol concentration of no more than 15% - 24.08%. The third place in the region belongs to the production of sparkling wine from fresh grapes - 10.77.[3] The region includes the Black Sea and Bessarabian wine regions. The history of wine making in the Odesa region dates back to ancient times.[4]


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