Moldovan wine is typically much milder than other wines, more similar to juice we called one variety "Welches Wine" because it tasted just like Welches Grape Juice! Since I am not a sommelier, my guess is that this is a result of the wine being very "prospat si tineri" (fresh and young) or maybe since its hand picked, crushed and barreled in such small quantities that process must encourage it to retain a lot of its true grape flavor.
Living in Moldova with its plentiful supply of house wine didn't really leave one with the need to go to a vineyard so I did not visit
Milestii Mici until my mom and aunt came out of a visit in the summer of 2006. There are two well known wineries in Moldova: Cricova the main supplier of sparkling wine to the region, and Milestii Mici. Milesti is more of a winery as it has the worlds largest underground wine cellar that holds over 2 million bottles of wine! We did not view the vineyard since most of their grapes are bought from independent growers rather than grown on site. When we toured Milestii we were in formed that Chinese tried to buy all the wine at Milestii Mici and that the Queen of England buys wine from there each year, but that could be just a rumor.
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| Outside of Milestii Mici |
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| The Cellars at Milestii |
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| House wine served from a Gura Cainaralui bottle! |
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| A summer masa with the Brehovs |
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