Ukraine makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 6 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
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The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
6 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
Крим
Crimea's vineyards slip between Black Sea humidity and continental cold, pulling wines taut between ripeness and acidity—reds that cut…
Одеса
Odesa makes wines that taste of the Black Sea's influence—mineral, bracing, alive with the tension between continental heat and cool…
Wine of Ukraine
Ukrainian winemakers are rebuilding cellars that history kept interrupting, drawing mineral precision from the Black Sea's cool margins…
Zakarpattia
Zakarpattia's wines wear the humidity of the Carpathian foothills—whites with pronounced stone-fruit flesh, reds that barely hold their…
Дніпровські схили
The Dnipro slopes catch continental wind and clay-forward terroir to pull white wines tight and mineral, while reds here split the…
Kherson
The vineyards of Kherson bend toward ripeness under the Black Sea's climate, where producers chase ripe tannins and alcohol in reds while…
The country’s house grammar.
The 8 styles Ukraine makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of ukraine’s production.
554
Ukrainian White — the country’s most numerous bottle.
544
444
204
155
126
113
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The houses that keep showing up.
6 Ukraine estates the prestige critics have agreed on — ordered by the count of 95+ scores across Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.
Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across Ukraine our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
Bigoli - італійський ресторан
Pizza · Italian Style — Kyiv
89
Vallmo | Degustační restaurace
Grill · European — Kyiv
82
Orinea Restaurant
Modern · European — Kyiv
45
Bunka
Traditional · European — Kyiv
42
Cupola
European — Kyiv
41
Товста Качка
Modern · European — Київ
40
Kraken Factory | Risto Pub a Bergamo
Grill · Italian Style · Ethnic Fusion — Харків
40
ГРУЗИНСЬКИЙ РЕСТОРАН ЯРЕМЧЕ
Grill · Barbecue · European — Yaremche
40
MammaMia
Pasta · Comfort · Italian Style — Київ
40
SPELTA
European · Traditional — Київ
40
ІФ/Ресторан “Cruce de Gustos”
Grill · Ethnic Fusion — Ivano-Frankivsk
40
Vinohrad
Salad · Soup · Traditional — Харків
40
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