Family as a terroir: legal challenges and sustainability of family wineries in Russia

Abstract

The article examines the features of the legal status of family wineries and regulation of family winemaking business in Russia. The article considers current problems arising in the process of implementing the activities of family wineries, such as insufficient differentiation of regulation, complexities of licensing and certification, difficulties with registration of rights to land plots, financial and tax burden, inclusion in state support programs. The ways of solving these problems are analyzed through regional legal regulation. Special attention is paid to the connection between the family wine business and the goals and objectives of the national project “Family”, an analysis is made of the legal challenges faced by family wineries, their relation to regional support measures, and ways of solving the identified problems are proposed with the involvement of the capabilities of the national project «Family». The role of family values in overcoming the current legal challenges is designated.