Russian regulator puts domestic wine’s market share at almost 63%

Russian-made wine’s share of the country’s wine market has approached 63%, regulator official Olga Yevteyeva told the Russian Winemaking Forum in Gelendzhik.

Despite the increase in domestic wine’s share, production fell during the first nine months of the current year. The regulator’s figures show grape wine output down 8% to 24.6 million decalitres and sparkling wine output down 5.6% to 11.5 million decalitres.

In 2025, grape wine production rose 13.6% to 36.98 million decalitres. Sparkling wine output increased 7.7% to 18.96 million decalitres.