Alina Petrea, a graduate of the Ritz Escoffier pastry school in Paris, opens Öhlala Pâtisserie, in Bucharest
Bucharest, September 15. Starting with September, Bucharest hosts a new destination for foodies – Öhlala Pâtisserie, the confectionery and pastry shop that brings together French-inspired recipes and local, seasonal ingredients. Located in Amzei Square, on 1-3 Christian Tell Street, the chic venue offers a selection…
The Romanian Rosé Wines through the eyes of Elizabeth Gabay MW
Meeting the author of a book on a niche subject like rosé wines is an honor, and an excellent opportunity to satisfy your inner imbibe geek. Elizabeth Gabay MW is the mastermind behind Rosé- Understanding the Pink Revolution; the volume covers history, viticulture, classical and…
10+1 Excellent Romanian Wines- #winelover recommendations of 2019 (still valid in 2020)
The most frequent question I get, especially from non-connaisseur friends is “What is the best wine?”. My answer to that is that it is similar to asking who is the most beautiful woman … it depends on who you ask. I hate rankings, points, but…
Judging Romanian wines by the label: themes and symbols
Clothes, posters, book covers, labels … how much does the graphical presentation matter for our choices? Neither of us admits they judge people, movies, books, and wines according to these criteria, but we do it at a subliminal level. We are not superficial; we do…
The Flowers of Evil- Wine faults
Wet dog? Barnyard smell? Pickled cabbage? Rotten apples? Vinegar? Glue? Mold? Nobody likes such attributes in their wine tasting notes. Unfortunately, sometimes even if manufacturers, distributors, and even consumers try their best, the wine ending up in our glasses has one of these defects. What…
#Transylwine at Liliac- Transylvanian terroir
Visiting Transylvania with the almost mandatory stops at Sibiu, Sighisoara or Brasov has already been ticked off the bucket lists of most Romanian and foreign tourists. Before you set up for an all-inclusive holiday in Turkey or Greece, remember that the Clock’s Tower in Sighisoara…
Ladies of Wine
Wine is a traditionally a men’s world, yet some exceptions can inspire us. There are even Romanian ladies who already are a reference name in the world of wine. The ancient goddesses Long before Bachus and Dionysus, about 5,000 years ago, Gestin was revered in…
The MaxiMarc Wine Winery – Where dreams become wines
Originally published in Romanian in Vinul.ro The tradition of family wine cellars is just sprouting in Romania. The oldest ones are barely at the second generation. In this landscape, a young wine cellar, set up in 2016, bearing the name of the heirs of the…
The Magic of Jidvei
The first thing you have to know about Jidvei is that this is a place in Transylvania where magic comes to life as wine and where efficiency reigns supreme. Get ready to be impressed by the scale of the operations, the beauty of the sites…
5 lessons from craft beers for wineries
Beer is the start-up; wine is the corporation. While the beer market is agile, flexible, and reacts within a few months, the wine seems to have frozen in a past era. Lumbersexuals in printed t-shirts are getting ahead the sommeliers with white gloves. The explosion…