Moldovan Wine

If you like wine, you will not find a better place to live than Moldova.  Just about everyone in Moldova is a veritable master wine maker.  Every home in the villages has a "Podval" which is a cellar in Russian.  Every Podval will have a couple of big wooden barrels filled with the best wine that will ever pass your lips.  I always tell people, "just lock me in the podval with a siphon hose and come back in a few weeks, I will be just fine"


The most unique wine experience I have had is tasting white wine made with red grapes.  Not many people make it for obvious reasons, but it is an absolute must taste experience for anyone who likes wine. 


Moldova boasts the Guinness World Record for the largest wine cellar in the world AND the worlds largest wine collection.  It is the Milesti Mici underground winery here in Moldova. There is also Cricova which is a huge underground wine cellar. These wine cellars are kilometers in length and are so huge they have street names.  The Cricova wine tour is a must do.


You can buy a really good bottle of wine for $3 or less, but I have found the bottled wine has things added to it that do not agree with me.  Moldovan village wine is made and kept cold in the podval until you drink it and is just much better as far as I am concerned.


Here is a link to the Moldova Wine Guild for more in depth information about Moldovan wine culture:


Moldova Wine Guild