Moldova — Romania's Ancient Wine Country
Centuries of vineyards, medieval monasteries and a wine culture the world has not yet discovered
You wake up to the sound of chickens, the smell of fresh bread baking, and mountains stretching to the horizon. The village has not changed in 200 years. This is Romania as it actually is.
Eastern Romania's heartland. Ancient wine estates, medieval monasteries and a gentle rural landscape that rewards those who slow down.
Moldova — Ancient Vineyards and Spiritual Landscape
Moldova is the easternmost region of Romania — a landscape of gentle hills, vineyards and medieval monasteries between the Carpathians and the Prut river. Romania's most important wine region, almost entirely unknown to Western visitors.
Romania produces 500 million litres of wine annually and exports almost none of it. Moldova's native varieties — Feteasca Neagra, Tamaioasa Romaneasca, Busuioaca de Bohotin — are extraordinary and essentially unavailable outside the country.
Five Distinctive Moldova Experiences
Ancient Wine Culture
Cellar visits on estates unchanged for generations. Feteasca Neagra, Busuioaca de Bohotin and Tamaioasa Romaneasca — wines that exist nowhere else.
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Neamt and Agapia Monasteries
Agapia contains extraordinary 19th century frescoes by Nicolae Grigorescu, Romania's greatest painter. Neamt was founded in the 14th century.
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Romania's second most important cultural city. Three national theatres, Palace of Culture and a fierce intellectual identity.
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Orchards, vineyards, vegetable gardens and a hospitality rooted in genuine agricultural abundance.
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Almost no foreign tourists. For genuine authenticity and none of the crowds, one of Romania's most rewarding regions.
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Feteasca Neagra is Romania's finest indigenous red. Busuioaca de Bohotin is a rose with rose-petal perfume that has no equivalent anywhere. Tamaioasa Romaneasca is a fragrant honeyed white that pairs perfectly with Moldavian cuisine.
Wine Country and Cultural Romania
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