03.27.2017

Winemaker and importer Halewood decided at the end of 2015 to diversify its portfolio and enter the spirits segments, and is now talking opening a spirits plant. The company also makes wine in more

01.13.2017

Romania was one of the three countries in the European Union whose wine production rose in 2016 after all the other states saw declines of up to 28%. Actually, EU’s total wine production fell by more

01.10.2017

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09.20.2016

Cris-Tim, one of the largest local meat processors, plans to enter wine market next year, under Casa Timis brand, after the company already entered the dairy market, Cris-Tim owner Radu Timis told a more

06.27.2016

Romania’s wine export volume rose by 42% in 2015 compared with 2014 while the value went up by 25%, which means the price of wine exported to the EU was lower despite the rise in volume. more

05.08.2016

The wine industry will grow strongly in the upcoming years as there is a new wave of small producers which established the grapevines 5-6 years ago and are now ready to sell their wines, said Ciprian more

04.05.2016

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11.11.2015

Romania exported only ten million liters of wine worth about EUR20 million last year, and three markets got more than half of it. more

11.10.2015

Romania has only 116 wineries that make wine and sell it on the local market, half as many as Bulgaria and ten times fewer than France, says Alexandra Hash, who together with her partner Alina Iancu more

10.06.2015

Wine company Casa Panciu’s wine production will remain constant at 1.5 million liters this year, says owner Daniel Guzu, one of the most famous local construction material industry entrepreneurs and more

09.11.2015

Romania’s amb Wine company, producer of premium wine brands Liliac and Crepuscul, posted a turnover of 1.4 million lei in the first semester, double compared with the same period a year before. more

05.25.2015

Romania’s wine exports stood at almost EUR20 million last year, an increase of 10% on 2013, ZF has calculated based on Wine Exporters and Producers Association (WEPA) and Eurostat data. Its exports more

05.20.2015

Winemaker Jidvei (Alba County, central Romania) focuses on sales on the domestic market, which generate more than 90% of revenue, says owner Claudiu Necsulescu. more

05.14.2015

Wine deliveries to China will amount to 450,000 bottles this year, almost twice as many as in 2014 (250,000), says Dan Muntean, general manager of Halewood Romania, one of the large local winemakers. more

05.07.2015

Romania saw the second worst decline in wine production in Europe after Bulgaria last year, according to the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) data. more

04.23.2015

Wine market supply has surged in the past seven years, but demand has stalled or inched up, in the context where significant investments in new wineries have been finalized, says Gabriel Roceanu, more

04.10.2015

Wine sales are slightly up during this period compared with the pre-Easter period of 2014, according to ZF estimates based on discussions with producers and retailers. more

02.12.2015

Almost 1 million hectoliters of wine are sold annually in modern retail networks, accounting for 40-50% in total volumes sold in Romania, according to a ZF estimate based on data from winemakers. more

02.04.2015

Romanian lawyer Valeriu Stoica, who owns Avincis winemaker together with his wife Cristiana, says he delivered 12,000 bottles of wine to China in 2014, and now his winery has orders from Sweden and more

01.22.2015

Businessman Jean Valvis, the founder of brands Dorna and LaDorna, which he sold to Coca-Cola and Lactalis, says that his new bets in the industry of mineral water (Aqua Carpatica) and wine (Domeniile more

01.16.2015

The Boeru family, which owns various businesses such as consulting company Romair Consulting and parachuting company TNT Brothers, is investing more than EUR1.5 million in a new venture: winemaking. more

12.29.2014

For two years, 2011 and 2012, wine production was way below the average, therefore production costs went up, wine makers hiked shelf prices and consumers, coping with falling purchasing power, shifted more

12.12.2014

For the local wine industry, 2014 meant unfavorable weather conditions, which brought 20% lower volumes in wineries, rising consumption of rose wine, toward a 10% weight, a first signal the market is more

12.05.2014

Winemaker Tohani of Dealu Mare (Prahova and Buzau counties) this year harvested 2.5 million kg of grapes, but it will not be until 2018 that it will reach its full potential, says Virgil Mandru, the more

12.04.2014

With investments of over 140 million lei (EUR30 million), wineries such as Alira (Dobrogea), Viile Metamorfosis (Dealu Mare), Lacerta (Dealu Mare), Liliac (Podisul Transilvaniei), Bauer (Dragasani), more