Experts recounted how Russian winemaking developed in 2025.

Russia ranked 11th in the world in wine production Over the year, the wine industry in the Russian Federation grew in volume, with the country ranking 11th in the world in wine production, writes Kommersant. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Dmitry Patrushev noted the almost complete withdrawal from foreign wine materials and a reduction in wine imports: compared to last year alone, it decreased by almost a third. In parallel, there has been a qualitative leap in the development of the industry. If in 2019 only 12.1% of red and 14.1% of white wines met or exceeded the heightened standard, today, according to the Russian Wine Guide, the share of high-quality wines among still white and red wines is approximately equal and exceeds 76%. The area of vineyards in the country reached 110 thousand hectares, of which 86.4 thousand hectares are in bearing age. At the same time, more than a third of the vineyards are quite young—aged 5–15 years—and have the potential for high ...