Against the background of high import duties on wine from “unfriendly” countries and the expectation of their increase as early as August 2024, domestic importers began to consider alternative procurement markets, writes Kommersant .
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Russian companies have begun testing wine imports from Brazil and India, and are also exploring opportunities to approach Chinese, Serbian, Tunisian and Algerian winemakers. In particular, in June of this year, the Moro company received declarations of conformity for the supply of more than 30.2 thousand bottles of Brazilian sparkling Salton Prosecco Rose and Salton Prosecco.
The Simple Group said that the company has already begun purchasing wines from “friendly” countries, including the New World, including Brazil and Uruguay, as well as from China and India. In addition to these countries, the Luding Group is studying the possibilities of importing from Serbia and Tunisia. Fort has established supplies of sparkling wines from Argentina and South Africa, which were previously imported to Russia in limited quantities.
And the head of WineRetail, Alexander Stavtsev , recalled that wines from Brazil had previously been supplied to Russia, but their sales were not very successful. At the same time, Brazil is a major supplier of sparkling wines, while neighboring Argentina and Chile are primarily represented by still wines.
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