Figure 1. Regions of wine tourism in Ukraine [3]
The western and southern regions of the country have favorable conditions for the
development of wine tourism, the climate and terrain create a unique teroir for the
cultivation of grapes and the production of original wines and cognacs; winemaking
enterprises create tourist attractions and actively cooperate with the tourism business
for the development of their brand. But the lack of proper infrastructure, low level of
state support and lack of interest hinders the development of wine tourism.
The Transcarpathian region has considerable resources for organizing thematic
wine-related tours related to the culture of grape cultivation and wine production. The
leading areas of viticulture and winemaking in Transcarpathia are Berehove,
Mukachevo, Uzhgorod and Vynohradivsky regions. The majority of developed wine-
growing regions of Transcarpathia are distinguished by the fact that there is a small
share of powerful factories, and the region's winemaking is represented by small
private wineries, where wine is usually produced according totraditional old
technologies, and the guests are met and accompanied by the owner himself, who is
the head winemaker.
Winemaking in Transcarpathia originated about 2,000 years ago, as the
Transcarpathian region bordered with the ancient Roman provinces of Upper Dakia
and Panonia, and the first wine-makers who were distributing the wine-making
technology were the Celts and the Daks. Hungarian tribes came to the Danube basin at
the beginning of the tenth century and brought the Central Asian Table grapes of
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