A glimpse into the history of grape-growing on the Black Sea coast, from the vines tended by Circassians and Abkhazians to the first large estates of the nineteenth century.

First published in Russian in Reference Book and Guide to the Black Sea Governorate (1907). https://abkhazworld.com/aw/blogs/3227-a-history-of-viticulture-on-the-black-sea-coast-of-the-caucasus