KAZAKHSTAN WINE

“SUN IN THE GLASS”

PREPARED BY: SEIDANOVA LAURA

NEPTUN CODE: RZL8GG
HEAD OF THE COURSE: DR. NIKOLETT KELLNER
 Some facts about Kazakhstan

 How wine appeared in this place? History

 Geography

 Climate

 Soil

 Grape varieties

 Wine producers
 Area: 2,724,900 km2
 Latitude: 48°-66°
 Population: 18 671 900 people. (March
1, 2020)
 Capital: Nur-Sultan (Astana)
 Languages: Kazakh, Russian
 Is home to about 120 ethnic groups
 14 regions, 3 cities of national
significance, 2 time zones (UTC+5 и
UTC+6)
 HISTORY

 First viticulture in Kazakhstan appear during the 7th century AD

around Shymkent
 Foothills of Tian Shan in Almaty Province near the Kazakh-
An early Kazakh wine bottle Kyrgyzstan border.
 Traders from the Xinjiang province of China and
the Fergana and Samarqand regions of Uzbekistan.
 In the early 20th century, state-run vineyards in Almaty, Shymkent
and Taraz were the largest producers.
 Dissolution of the Soviet Union
 Continental climate may allow the production of high-value ice wine.
 Only 4% of the land is used for viticulture.

Ancient Silk Way traders

GEOGRAPHY

The following are the soil

geographic zones in Kazakhstan
from north to south: forest steppe,
steppe, desert-steppe, and desert,
where zones are classified
according to the types of soil.
CLIMATE AND SOIL

Climate and geographical factors of South Kazakhstan and

Almaty regions allow to grow good quality grapes for
wine. There can be found Brown and Grey-Brown Desert
soil types.
Assa Valley The Turgen Chine The Turgen River
 Rkatsiteli
Saperavi
GRAPE VARIETIES

 Currently Kazakhstan winemaking has largely focused on

dessert wine production. More than 40 grape varieties are
grown in the country though more than half are currently
used for table grape production rather than winemaking.
 Popular wine grape varieties
include Aligote, Aleatico, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Bayan Shirey Kuljinski
Sauvignon, Pinot noir, Riesling, Rkatsiteli, Saperavi, Muscat
Ottonel, Bayan Shirey, Kuljinski, Maiski Cherny and Rubinovy
Magaracha. In general the grapes are the Georgian ones,
such as Rkatsiteli and Saperavi, found in other parts of the
former Soviet Union. More recently there has been interest
in planting international varieties such as Sauvignon blanc.
HARVESTING

 Usually, last 10 days of

August and complete the
process in the middle of
October.
 Conducted manually.
 August and September
are usually hot, but very
dry.
 Dryness from August to
October plays to the
advantage.
 WINE REGIONS

 Registered about 58 wineries

 13,000 hectares of vineyards
 About 80% of the country's wines are produced in Almaty region, mountainous part of east
Almaty, and rest of wine production is from Saryagash region of South Kazakhstan with 900
ha of vineyards.
 "New World" technologies including sweeping arm fermenters, air bag presses, cross flow
filtration and nitrogen production.
 It benefits from being 1000 m up in the Tian Shan mountains
 Other wineries include Bacchus and the Turgen Winery. There are 210 hectares of vineyards
in the Zailiyskiy region of the Almaty region.
 Chateau Silk Alley

TOP 6 WINE PRODUCERS OF

KAZAKHSTAN

1. Arba wine (Rkatsiteli, Saperavi, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay)

2. Chateau Silk Alley (Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon,
Saperavi, Sauvignon Blanс, Muskat Ottonel, Viognier)
3. Chateau Karakemer (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet
franc, Arba wine
4. Bacchus ((Rkatsiteli, Kuldzhinsky, Chardonnay, Saperavi, Merlot,
Pinot, Muscat)
5. Winnac (Rkatsiteli, Cabernet, Saperavi)

6. Issyk (Saperavi, Pinot-Fran, Muscat, Riesling, Rkatsiteli, Merlot,

Syrah, and Sauvignon Blanc)
 Arba wine Chateau Karakemer Chateau Silk Alley
(Rkatsiteli, Saperavi, Pinot Noir, (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet (Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon,
Chardonnay) franc, Brocol) Saperavi, Sauvignon Blanс, Muskat
Ottonel, Viognier)

Kyzyl Arba Tomiris Chateau Silk Alley,

Cabernet Franc Reserve 2014 Merlot, Cabernet franc, 2013
Sauvignon, Brocol 2010
 Issyk Bacchus Winnac
(Saperavi, Pinot-Fran, Muscat, (Rkatsiteli, Kuldzhinsky, Chardonnay, (Rkatsiteli, Cabernet, Saperavi)
Riesling,Rkatsiteli, Merlot, Syrah, Saperavi, Merlot, Pinot, Muscat
and Sauvignon Blanc)

"Issyk" white semi-sweet White semi-dry wine "Bibigul" Saperavi Classic red semi
Rkatsiteli, Muscat Rkatsiteli and Kuldzhinsky sweet
WINE TRADE
Wine import

2%
Wine export 2%
4%

4%
1,2%
7,7% 28%
Kazakhstan produced 12%
wines were exported in the
amount of 727.8 thousand
liters for the amount of 3.9
million dollars (2018)
20%

91,1% 28%

China others Russia Georgia Moldova Italy France Spain Germany Chile others
COVID-19 IMPACT

 On-trade volume sales of wine are expected to fall by 40% in 2020, in light
of the impact of COVID-19.

 This contrasts vividly with the 3% rise forecast for 2020 during research
conducted in May 2019, ie before the spread of COVID-19.
WINE NOT?
REFERENCES AND SOURCES
1. https://www.reportlinker.com/p0848801/Wound-Care-in-Kazakhstan.html

2. https://news.rambler.ru/asia/33486682-kazahstan-uvelichil-eksport-vina-v-5-2-raza/?updated

3. https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/kazakhstan

4. https://www.edgekz.com/kazakh-wines-sun-glass/

5. https://arbawine.com/en

6. “Soils of Kazakhstan, Their Distribution and Mapping” K.Pachikin, O.Erokhina, S.Funakawa, 2014.