Wine venues in Kazakhstan
17 wine venues in 3 areas, mostly wineries and historic sites.
Almaty 1 venue
Almaty Region 8 venues
About Almaty Region- Almaty Central Bazaar Wine Section Almaty's Green Bazaar (Zelyony Bazar) is where nomadic traders meet—a place to taste Kazakh wine culture where dried fruits, spices, and regional wines mingle.
- Arba Wine Arba Wine, the #1 producer in Kazakhstan since 2010, crafts award-winning Rieslings at 1000m elevation in Assa Valley using Soviet heritage vines planted in 1975-1982.
- Bacchus Bacchus, Kazakhstan's oldest winery since 1947, is the only Central Asian producer using Champenoise method—making sparkling wine where no European winemaker expected it to work.
- Issyk Winery Issyk Winery, producing 80% of Kazakhstan's wine since 1932, sits at 800m in the Alatau foothills—the Soviet Union's most successful wine project.
- Kapchagai Reservoir Vineyards Kapchagai Reservoir Vineyards sit 89km northeast of Almaty along Kazakhstan's largest reservoir—experimental terroir in the shadow of the Soviet hydroelectric project.
- Turgen Gorge Mountain Vineyards Turgen Gorge: Eastern Kazakhstan's wild mountain vineyards—Zhetysu (Seven Rivers) region where ancient wine production is being revived. Glacial valleys produce grapes at altitudes where few vines dare grow.
- Wild Grape Sanctuary - Zhetysu Mountains Wild Grape Sanctuary in Zhetysu Mountains (Taldykorgan)—pristine refuge where phylloxera never reached. Ancient ungrafted vines thrive at altitude in Kazakhstan's highest wine-producing territory.
- Zhetysu Seven Rivers Winery Zhetysu Seven Rivers Winery: named after Kazakhstan's historic wine valley—reviving traditions from the era when silk traders carried these grapes across 7,000 miles to Mediterranean ports.
Turkestan Region 8 venues
- Kazakh Steppe Wine & Nomad Culture This concept venue blends Kazakhstan's nomadic wine heritage with steppe culture—where Riesling and Saperavi pair with traditions 3000 years old.
- Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum UNESCO World Heritage Mausoleum (1389-1405) in Turkestan—this Timurid masterpiece is expanding wine hospitality near the Silk Road's greatest spiritual center.
- Sairam Oasis Vineyards Sairam Oasis, a 3000-year-old Silk Road stop, revives ancient vineyard traditions south of Shymkent where Soviet state farms once produced Kazakhstan's early wines.
- Sauran Ancient City Wine Archaeology Sauran's 50-hectare medieval ruins (1000-1500 CE) reveal an empire's irrigation mastery—where kyariz underground canals sustained vineyards feeding the Silk Road.
- Shymkent Wine Renaissance Shymkent, where Soviet vineyards once thrived in the 20th century, now leads Kazakhstan's wine renaissance—south of the Sairam foothills with Riesling and Saperavi.
- Shymkent Wine Revival Collective Shymkent Wine Revival Collective: Kazakhstan's southern hub reviving Central Asian viticulture—ancient Silk Road trade routes once carried wine through this city of 1.5M heading toward Russia and China.
- Turkestan Ancient Wine Routes Turkestan (founded 418 AD): Silk Road junction where Ahmed Yesevi's mausoleum (1389, UNESCO) towers over caravan routes—ancient wine routes passed through this trade crossroads for 1,600+ years.
- Turkestan Wine Heritage Museum Turkestan's Azret Sultan Museum showcases the region's Silk Road wine heritage—the city of 418 AD was a caravan hub where merchants traded wine across 1,600+ years of Eurasian history.