Top destinations for wine-tasting

If you want to taste a good wine we offer you a “guide” of the best vineyards where you can delight your senses with the best types of red, white and rose wine, on everybody’s taste, and especially for the connoisseurs. Although, is one of the world’s wine countries, Romania has no vineyard included in this classification. TripAdvisor.com, the online guide of destinations and touristic attractions has announced in September the top 10 of the most frequented destinations for wine-tasting. On the first position is ranked the Bordeaux region of France, being the world’s most famous wine destination. The Bordeaux region has long been renowned for its vineyards that produce from delicious table wines to the most expensive bottles in the world. Most Bordeaux wine is red, but white, dry and rose wines have also contributed to the region’s reputation. Over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine are produced every year. Napa Valley located in California, has been for more than a century the perfect location for the wine tasters from the American continent and draws in annually million of tourists. With almost 400 wineries, the Mediterranean climate is ideal for growing a variety of grapes. Among the wines recognized at international level and that are produced in this small region there are: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Sangiovese, Zinfandel and Cabernet Franc.

Closer to us: Tuscany and Champagne

Tuscany, the most famous region from Italy for its wines, it is famed all over the world for the red wines such as Chianti and Montalcino. Tuscany is also appreciated at international level for its sheer natural and its cuisine, that have turned the region into one of the most promising touristic destinations from Europe and even from all over the world. The province Champagne of France has won its fame for the champagne produced there. Champagne was voted not only for the “wine used for celebration” produced here, but also for its picturesque landscapes, rich history and culture. The region is “as vibrant as its effervescent wine” produced here, notes one of the voters on TripAdviser. Another location famous for its variety of red wines is Barossa Valley, in Southern Australia. The wines from this region are famous especially for the dark-skinned variety of grape Shiraz. The most famous Australian red wine of the Shiraz grape is Penfolds Grange.Spain, with the most famous destination for tasting wine, Rioja, is also in the top of preferences. Recognized for the red wine, and also for the white and rose wine,Rioja region subdivided in three zones Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Baja, produces annually about 250 million liters of wine. Nicknamed „Valley of the Moon” by the legendary writer Jack London, Sanoma Valley from California it’s being remarked through the delicious white wines, and also through the charming landscape. Set among the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Valle Central, from Chile delights both the tourists and the inhabitants with the cabernet Maipo Valley and with the chardonnays Curico. Stellenbosch, located in the South Africa, has more than 100 wine cellars and a culturally rich center. Located in the southern isle of New Zeeland, Marlborough region is regarded as the country’s birthplace of winemaking. Famous for the variety of white wines, the region is well-known for the delicious wine Sauvignon Blancs.

Romania has potential

According to the Wine Exporters and Producers Association of Romania, in the country there are three big vineyards, of which are part 120 viticulture centers, to which add other 40 independent viticulture centers. Even if they didn’t manage to impose as top destinations for this chapter, Romania is one of the world’s viticulture countries with a vineyard surface of 243.000 hectares. As for the wine variety, there are being remarked the valuable domestic varieties, kept also after the invasion of phylloxera, such as Grasa de Cotnari, Feteasca alba, Feteasca regala, Galbena de Odobesti (for white wines), Babeasca neagra, Feteasca neagra, Tamaioasa romaneasca and Busuioaca de Bohotin (flavored wines). Each wine area has developed more or less a wine road, for which was tested a governmental program a few years ago. The good news is that such projects can be developed with European money. There is interest for this type of touristic products, an example being the one of the Halewood wine cellars that were visited during last year of about 12.000 visitors, of which 10.000 have chosen as destination the Rhein&Cie 1892 wine cellars from Azuga.