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…
#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…
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…
Valahorum- Essence de Roumanie
What do you do when you’re already at Apogeum in the wine world, but you want more? You start to look for meaning, embracing traditions and looking for companions who share your vision. This is how the Valahorum project was born, a collaboration between three…
The 3Vs of Cotnari: Vine, Volume, and Vision
Cotnari is located in the eastern part of Romania. It is almost at the end of the grape-growing band of the Northen hemisphere, around 47 degrees, like Tokaji and Champagne. The designation “Cotnari” is the name of a village, a PGI, a traditional winery and part of…
The WINEding Roads of Moldova
Moldova is the seventh least visited country, right after North Korea, but you can think of it as a well-kept treasure ready to be discovered. And that is precisely what their national office for tourism and other local agencies are aiming for through the #BeOurGuest program…
Thesaurus Winery – One of the hidden treasures of Silagiu
Romania is housing a couple of boutique wineries, most inspired by a New World approach. Some of these even have hired foreign winemakers who are eager to experiment and bring their know-how to create local brands. Thesaurus has become the second home of David Lockley,…
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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…