According to him, today, under the winemaking and winegrowing allotted about five thousand hectares of agricultural lands, while potentially you can use 10-12 thousand hectares.

"Is actually a doubling of working in this industry. This will be done through development of capacities of major players and attract smaller players who will develop more projects," said Ovsyannikov in an interview with RIA Novosti on the sidelines of SPIEF.

Earlier it was reported that in the Crimea will open three wine route and the "wine village". The project focused on the development of winemaking in the region and the potential of the Peninsula as a year-round resort of international level.

SPIEF-2018 will take place in St. Petersburg on may 24-26. MIA Russia today acts as information partner of the forum, broadcasting news on the information screens and talking about the key events at their flagship website.