Transcarpathia lies on the south-western side of the Carpathians, which block cold northern air. Vineyards sit mostly on low south-facing slopes between 100 and 250 metres around Berehove, Mukachevo and Uzhhorod.
For centuries the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, and Berehove, home to a large Hungarian community, keeps varieties and cellar traditions close to those of nearby Tokaj. Old tunnel cellars survive in Serednie and Berehove.
Before the Second World War Mukachevo was one of the major centres of Jewish life in the Carpathian region. The local wine trade of that period is a subject for archival research rather than settled fact.
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