Uzbekistan makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 4 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.
Femente · Country Almanac
A wine guide toUzbekistan
Uzbekistan
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The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
4 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.
Tashkent
Tashkent's vineyards occupy the continental shadow between the Tian Shan foothills and the Kyzyl Kum—a climate that pulls toward ripe…
Surkhandarya
Surkhandarya's continental heat pushes red wines toward ripe, structured profiles while its riverside slopes coax aromatic whites and…
Samarkand
Samarkand reaches for silk-road spice and density in its reds while its whites balance stone-fruit ripeness against saline grip—a region…
Wine of Uzbekistan
1 estates working under the regional appellation.
Where to spend the evening.
10 rooms across Uzbekistan our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
Rizq Café
Traditional · Ethnic Fusion — Urganch
40
KADIMA | МАНТЫ, КУРТОБ | САМАРКАНД 🥟
Dumplings · Ethnic Fusion — Samarkand
40
Sa‘Di Family Restaurant
Traditional · Middle Eastern — Samarkand
40
LA FILIAL CAFÉ
Bread · Sandwich · Traditional — Nókis
40
Brasserie
European — Tashkent
40
🇹🇷РЕСТОРАН ТУРЕЦКОЙ КУХНИ
Grill · Turkish Style — Tashkent
40
Brasserie Labzak
European · Bistro Concept — Tashkent
40
Resto
Traditional — Tashkent
40
GOSTY Restaurant
Grill · European — Tashkent
40
QORATOSH — ресторан & бар | Ташкент
Grill · Traditional · Ethnic Fusion — Tashkent
40
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