Development of wine tourism in the city of Sevastopol

Abstract

One of the successful and planned directions of Sevastopol’s development is the wine tourism development based on viticulture, which is the basis for this sphere of tourism. Based on the materials collected during the survey of the district, as well as literary, fund, and Internet sources, the peculiarities of viticulture and winemaking in Sevastopol were analyzed. Having considered the main physical and geographical components of the term terroir (climatic, soil, hydrochemical, geological features) on the example of the Zolotaya Balka vineyards, the distinctive features of a particular terroir were highlighted: strongly limestone soils, orographic isolation of vineyards by mountains, a special climatic situation isolated by the influence of an amazing windrose, the combination of steppe and sea winds equally. The article substantiates the creation of a new wine tourism route “Zolotaya Balka – Uppa Winery”.