My partner and I got invited to a B2B buyers event through a company called Wine Pleasures in Romania this week. Since we’ve never had Romanian wine before and over 95% of our portfolio features products only imported by us, we figure this would be a good opportunity to keep the trend going. What we kept hearing from wineries is that Romanian wine is still relatively new to the market, so we figured we’d do our small part in sharing some of the amazing spots we came across.
SERVE Winery
SERVE was one of the first private wineries established in Romania after the fall of communism in the 1990s. They basically helped kickstart the country’s modern wine scene. Also, you can see the yellow warehouse and car. The color of the car was selected because it was on brand with the “winery with the yellow building.”
Via Domnului
This Catholic Monastery-owned winery supplies much of the wine used in various sacraments for the Romanian Catholic Church. Additionally, though the same wine is used at each church, every church has its own branded label that is applied during the bottling process.
Crama de Piatră
This place leans into traditional, small-batch production, and the name literally translates to “Stone Winery,” a nod to old-school cellar styles and local building materials. You can also see this in action with their gravity-fed fermentation tanks. No pumps are used in that part of the process.
Gramofon Winery
Great accommodations and great wine. The views at sunset were amazing, and their Feteasca Regala straight from the fermentation tank was to die for.
I would share all of my notes in the wine, but that would mean I’d be up until my 5:00 a.m. local time and departure back to the US. If you get an opportunity and you have the time, I’d strongly recommend stopping at these places at the very least. I’m hoping to do a better write-up here soon, but I figured I’d share before I slip off to bed.
by Blackntosh