Famous wineyards and winetasting in Romania

Winegrowing has been known for centuries long in Romania. The country has been favoured by its geographical position in South-Eastern Europe, by its proximity to the Black Sea, as well as by the specificity of the local soil and climate. Alongside France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Romania could also be called "a vine homeland" in Europe.

Whoever wants to taste Romanian wines and enjoy tourism in the areas with Romania's best vineyards can always take a fourfold tour which might be called "Famous wineyards and winetasting in Romania".

Day 1, Arrival in Bucharest
Meet your guide. Transfer from the airport to your hotel, centrally located in the Romanian Capital. City tour of Bucharest on your way to the hotel, depends the arrival time.

Day 2, Bucharest – Stefanesti vineyard – Sibiu – Sibiel (250 km)
Breakfast at the hotel. Leave Bucharest and drive to Sibiu, along Olt river.
Winetasting and lunch at Stefanesti-Arges. The Stefanesti Wineyard is 10 km away from the town of Pitesti. First mentioned as early as the year 330 B.C., in a writing of the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, the vineyard was reffered to in several medieval chronicles of Wallachia since 1388.
It mainly produces high quality wines like Feteasca Alba, Sauvignon Blanc, high quality red wines like Cabernet Sauvignon and Burgund Mare, as well as flavoured wines like Tamaioasa Romaneasca.

In the evening short sightseeing of Sibiu: Defence Wall, the Stairs', the Gate's, the Drapers', the Potters', the Carpenter's, the powder Mill Towers, Thick Tower, Council Tower.

In the evening we drive to Sibiel - a pitoresque Romanian village well-known for its Icons on Glass Museum: one of the most important collections of glass painting, with valuable icons from many regions of Romania. Accommodation in a small farm – Adrana’s family house. Dinner at gueshouse included. Traditional food and home make drinks.

Day 3, Sibiel – Blaj – Sighisoara – Brasov – Bran (280 km)

Breakfast. Departure for Blaj/Jidvei, in the Alba county, lying between the two Tarnava rivers. We will visit Viticultural research stations in the city countryside, with grapevine samples and wine cellars. Winetasting followed by lunch in Blaj/Jidvei: Feteasca Regala, Italian Riesling, Pinot Gris and Muscat Ottonel.

 

Drive to Sighisoara, the lively European medieval town whose old houses and edifices are still functional and well preserved. We will visit Medieval fortifications (12th-17th Century) among which Council Tower/Clock Tower at present History Museum, Hill Church, Vlad Dracul's House, Venetian House, Wooden Covered Staircase, Old Ladies'Corridor. 

 

Drive to Brasov in the afternoon. After we visit Brasov, we will chech-in in a vila in famous rural area close to Brasov, Bran village. Optional dinner.

Day 4, Bran – Azuga wine cellars – Sinaia (60 km)

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit Dracula’s Castle in Bran.

Visit Sinaia, the "Pearl of the Carpathians" with Peles Castle one of Romania's most beautiful palaces once the summer residence of the Romanian kings.

 

Winetasting and lunch in Azuga: sparkling wines and champagne type wines, produced after the traditional "champenoise" method. The wine cellars from Azuga were built in 1892, by the Rhein family, official supplier for the royal court.

 

Day 5, Sinaia – Dealu Mare vineyard - Valea Calugareasca vineyard (100 km)

After breakfast, we will continue our trip to visit one of the most famous region of vineyards in Romania: Valea Calugareasca – Dealu Mare region.

We will visit the wine cellars from Dealu Mare region. The tourism and hospitality here display artifacts which testify the old tradition of wine-growing in these parts of Romania. The typical warm, dry microclimate and the rather long autumns favor rich grape crops of good quality. The soils rich in ferric oxides are particulary suitable for red and black sorts as: Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Feteasca Neagra. Winetasting and lunch in Dealu Mare.

 

Day 6, Valea Calugareasca – Panciu - Bucharest (365 km)

Today we will visit Panciu - Odobesti vineyard, one of largest and oldest in Romania. The wide variety of wines produced by the Odobesti vineyard makes it the most traditional wine-growing area in Romania, with six traditional sorts of Romanian wine, namely: Galbena de Odobesti, Plavaie, Feteasca Alba, and Feteasca Regala (white wines) and Babeasca neagra (red wines).

We will visit "The Royal Cellars", between other large cellars, comissioned by the Moldavian prince Mihai Sturza (1839). Winetasting and lunch in Panciu/Odobesti.

 

Arrival in Bucuresti in the afternoon. Accommodation in a 3*** hotel (possibly close to the airport, if the departure is next day).

 

Day 7, Bucharest – departure.

Breakfast buffet at the hotel.

Transfer to Bucharest International Airport for departure.

 

End of the Romanian tour.