Milesti Mici is a village not far from the capital, and home to the largest wine collection in the world. It’s Guiness Book certified! We took a tour (which cost us several weeks allowance, but would cost you pennies with your beautiful American dollar) through the underground operation which totals 200 kilometers. Currently, wine is stored in 55 of those kilometers, and the rest is used for production.
The company is state owned now, and started bottling in 1968. The collection wines can go for over 3,000 USD. In the history of the company, the best wines were made from grapes grown in the summer of 1986…I am honored to share the same gestation time with the best wine in the world’s largest collection!
Though I haven’t spoken much about the wine in Moldova in this blog. I hope you can infer the emphasis placed on wine in this culture knowing that they have the world’s largest collection. Add to this that most families don’t buy wine in from a store, but merely look to their own cellars and you have yourself a cultural staple.
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