Kazakhstan

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Main wine regions

Places to visit

Wine bar · Almaty Almaty Central Bazaar Wine Section Winery · Almaty Arba Wine Winery · Almaty Bacchus Winery Issyk Winery Winery · Kapchagai Kapchagai Reservoir Vineyards Restaurant Kazakh Steppe Wine & Nomad Culture Winery · Turkestan Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum Winery Sairam Oasis Vineyards Archaeological site · Near Turkestan Sauran Ancient City Wine Archaeology

Wine trails

11 stops · 1 week Almaty Wine Route The Tien Shan foothills near Almaty are home to wild Vitis vinifera sylvestris - the ancestor of every wine grape on Earth. This 'fruit corridor' also gave us apples (the city name means 'Father of Apples'). New boutique wineries are reclaiming this heritage with increasingly impressive results. 8 stops · 4 days Turkestan Wine Route Turkestan is home to the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, a UNESCO World Heritage site and major pilgrimage destination. While wine production here is modest today, archaeological evidence shows viticulture thrived during the Silk Road's golden age. A cultural journey with wine history.