The Minister of Agriculture of Crimea announced the different quality of grapes from the 2026 harvest depending on the growing zone

Crimean Minister of Agriculture Denis Kratyuk said that the quality of grapes from the 2026 harvest will vary depending on the growing zone.

The greatest harvest is expected in terroirs located in the valleys of the Alma and Kacha rivers.

The grape harvest in 2026 will be 15% more than last year.

SIMFEROPOL, September 27 - RIA Novosti. The quality of grapes from the 2026 harvest will vary depending on the growing zone in Crimea; the largest harvest is expected in terroirs located in the valleys of the Alma and Kacha rivers in Crimea, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic Denis Kratyuk told RIA Novosti.

The minister called the climatic conditions of the current year favorable for viticulture and winemaking. He said that this year's harvest will be 15% larger than last year's.

“The quality of the grapes by terroir will differ, because in the spring there were areas, mainly ravines with planted grapes, where it was cooler. The main terroirs, starting from the Koktebel zone - to the Solnechnaya Valley, Sudak and then the entire southern coast of Crimea, where there is also a division into zones. Sweet and fortified wines are traditionally produced there. The zone north of Sevastopol - Uglovoye, the valleys of the Kacha and Alma rivers - rather In total, this year they will give the maximum yield (number of grapes per hectare), based on the climate and the amount of precipitation that fell there,” Kratyuk said.

Now the northern vineyards in Crimea, in the Saki region, are beginning to actively bear fruit, where the dry steppe climate has produced a good harvest of high-quality grapes, he noted.