Yes, go to a winery. Not this Saturday for all of them.

The ones we’d send a friend to, then the rest of the country in an order that actually helps.

The ones we would send you to.

Smaller, slower, better looking. Famous is a different chapter.

Winery experience · Ulmu01

Vinăria Poiana

A winery in Ulmu, not in Chișinău. Closed Monday and Tuesday.

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Winery experience · Crocmaz02

Et Cetera

A winery in Crocmaz. Closed Monday. This is a journey, not a stop at the edge of town.

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Winery experience · Sadova03

Crama Tudor

Timber, forest, fire. The Moldovan stay you want when you do not want a château.

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Winery experience · Purcari04

Domeniile Pripa

The counterpoint to Purcari: small, a nineteenth-century cellar, Moldovan oak.

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Winery experience · Vulcănești05

Kara Gani

The wine is half the visit. The other half is a Gagauz table, in a family cellar.

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Winery experience · Mircești06

Crama Mircești

Stone, tile, vineyard hills. The most atmospheric small stay in the west of the country.

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