Romania Romania should have potential for fine wines as great as any country in Eastern Europe. It is a matter of both location and temperment. It shares both a Latin and French affinity for wine and has local, moderating effects of climate. In the 1960s, there was a great planting program where huge tracts of arable land were turned into vineyards, with a current area of over 600,000 acres and the sixth largest wine producer in Europe.
Three-quarters of all wine production is with white grapes, but like Hungary, they have one wine which use to be famous all over Europe – Tokay. There are eight wine regions, of which Moldavia, east of the Carpathians, is the largest, with over one-third of all of Romania’s vineyards. The great concentration of production though, is in the central Moldavian Hills.
| Primary Grapes: |
Feteasca Alba, Welschriesling, Frîncusa, Grasa, Babeasca |
| Secondary Grapes: |
Feteasca Regula, Feteasca Neagra, Cabernet, Merlot, Chardonnay |
| Production: |
148 million gallons |
Primary Wine
Region(s): |
Moldavia, Wallachia, Transylvania, Banat, Oltenia, Dobrogea, Maramures, Muntenia |
| Premiums Labels: |
Cotnari, Sylvestre, Murfatlar, Tamaioasa, Oltina, Urlati |
| Best Values: |
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Wine Romania Official Website |
