Wine regions of Romania: Moldavian Hill
History
The history of wine-making in Moldavian Hill goes back to the Romans, but it was only after the Second World War that viticulture really took off. Romanian vineyards were damaged and depleted during the war and a period of nationalization followed. With many farms being merged into larger entities, production focused on quantity over quality. This continued until the fall of Communism in 1989 and the subsequent privatization of land.
With new owners, small vineyards began to grow again; those that had been neglected for decades were revived and those which produced little or no grapes were replaced with… Read more