10.31.2014

Romanian wines are stirring rising interest on foreign markets as well on the significant quality increase based on European Fund injection, says Aurelia Visinescu, one of Romania’s few woman more

10.24.2014

Romania's wine production declined 20% this year, to 4.1 million hectoliters, due to unfavorable weather, and ranks 12th among world wine producers, according to the International Organization of Vine more

10.21.2014

Romania could double its annual wine production if it had funding to replace hybrid vines with noble ones in the context in which it currently ranks fifth in the world by cultivated areas, but more

10.17.2014

Rose wine has come to weigh 7-8% of Romania's overall wine market, virtually shaping up in the past two-three years, when it’s proved to be the most dynamic segment of the field. more

10.16.2014

Entrepreneur Dan Balaban, who controls Davino winemaker, says this year’s production will be an average one, specific of a normal year. However, production will be 30% lower than the 2013 record more

10.15.2014

Romania has about 180,000 hectares of vineyard but only 28% of them are part of commercial vineyards, which leaves room for more winemakers, with a few new names trying their hand at it every year. more

10.13.2014

Halewood Romania, a major local winemaker, expects this year’s wine output to be 10% lower than in 2013, mainly because of the unfavorable weather conditions, according to Dan Muntean, the more

09.23.2014

Italian winemaker Marchesi Antinori has completed a EUR5 million investment in Dealu Mare, one of Romania’s main vineyard areas, and expects 400,000 bottles of wine to be churned out in the recently more

08.27.2014

Crama Liliac, a EUR5.5 million investment carried out by Austrian businessman Alfred Beck in Romania, is in its fourth year of premium wine production. Sales are estimated at approximately 120,000 more

08.01.2014

Romanian winemaker Davino, controlled by entrepreneur Dan Balaban, is investing EUR1.7 million in a new wine cellar, with a capacity of 100,000 liters at the highest, set to be located inside the more

06.16.2014

Murfatlar, the biggest player on Romania’s wine market, which went insolvent in 2012 with a view to reorganization, expects it will revert into the black this year, budgeting a 12% revenue advance more

05.07.2014

Romania’s wine industry has managed to stand out from the other sectors of the economy by having entirely drawn the allotted European funds. Romania is Europe’s sixth largest wine maker and among more

04.17.2014

A wine industry investment starts with at least EUR14,000, the sum needed for the reconversion of each hectare of vineyard, continues with the building of the winery, taking several million euros, is more

04.14.2014

Wine producers expect higher sales this Easter against the same period of last year, with the most upbeat estimates indicating growth by as much as 15%, supported by red wines which have been gaining more

01.21.2014

Sales of wine in Romania could rise in 2014, while exports of local winemakers are expected to increase as the largest producers of the world, France and Italy, reported poor harvests last year. more

12.31.2013

Sparkling wine producer Zarea (ZARE.RO) makes about 30% to 40% of its annual sales at the end of the year, general manager Emil Popescu says. more

10.29.2013

Romania is the world’s 11th largest wine producer considering this year’s yield, according to the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV). more

09.17.2013

Romania’s wine production is seen at over 4 million hectoliters in 2013, up 20% on the year and the highest level over the past three years, according to players in the industry. more

08.26.2013

Romanian wineries will be making about 50% more wine this year than in 2012, or 5.5 million hectoliters (550 million liters), because of the good weather, ZF has estimated based on the information more

08.01.2013

The shareholders of Halewood Romania decided to unite under the same umbrella the group’s local wine and imported wine sale divisions, and the name of the new company will be Halewood Wines. more

07.29.2013

Wine imports rose more than 200-fold in volume between 2000 and 2012, while Romanian wines lost ground abroad and exports halved in the mentioned period, according to Romania’s National Office for more

07.15.2013

Jidvei, one of the largest local winemakers, saw flat sales in the first half of 2013 compared with the same interval a year ago and its officials expect growth in the summer/fall season. more

06.23.2013

Winemakers in Romania felt the evolution of the wine market differently last year, as not all segments saw growth. more

05.13.2013

Winemakers expect this year to be another difficult year and for consumption to decline after a first quarter where customers did not spend very much and the market felt the “pressure of more

04.22.2013

Winemaker Tohani is branching out into mineral water under the Cheile Bicazului brand after having bought the majority stake in its bottler Naturalaqua Group early this year. more