Iwayini likhiqizwe ngaphakathi Rusia kusukela iqembu lamaGrikhi asendulo, njengoba lalinjalo nangomakhelwane bawo abaningi baseBaltic, njengeGeorgia, iSlovenia neRomania.
Izingxenye eziningi ezisenyakatho yezwe zibanda kakhulu futhi zinomthunzi ukukhiqiza iwayini, kepha izimo ezithandekayo eziseningizimu zisondele kakhulu olwandle i-Azov, Black kanye neCaspian. Kwaze kwaba ngawo-1800 lapho iRussia yaqala khona ukukhiqiza iwayini emakethe.
Umlando ulandisa ukuthi uSilk Road odumile wawela isifunda saseStavropol, kudala ngaphambi kokuba ujoyine umngcele waseRussia, ezansi kwezintaba zaseCaucasus. Namuhla, iStavropol ingesinye sezifunda ezinkulu kwezolimo eRussia, futhi lapho kuzalwa khona umongameli wokugcina weSoviet, uMikhail Gorbachev.
Futhi isifunda saseStavropol sihlala eziteshini ezimbili zamagquma eziyintandokazi eRussia: iPyatigorsk (izintaba ezinhlanu) kanye neKislovodsk eyakhelene nayo, enamanzi amaminerali adume ngayo. Ngasinye sinenqwaba yama-sanatorium nezindawo eziningi eziheha izivakashi.
Ngokuphambene nezindawo eziluhlaza ezisentshonalanga yeKrasnodar, iStavropol iyinsimu enkulu evulekile lapho inkathi yayo yezolimo ivulwa ekuqaleni kukaMashi. Kukhona cishe ama-wineries angamashumi amabili esifundeni saseStavropol sokukhiqiza iwayini elimhlophe kakhulu elomile futhi elimnandi, lapho kuvezwa khona iwayini lePraskoveya neBudyonnovsk.