Jammervoll and arrogant at the same time were the letters, which Ovid from exile on the Black Sea, sent home: In the barbaric Tomis it was so cold that the wine in the vasculature freeze up. You can not live here: "Rings a nation of savages, not worthy of my singing."
The fine Roman exaggerated and silent, that he was in exile also friends among the locals had. The life in a strange place to him Emperor Augustus 2,000 years ago prescribed, certainly had its amenities. After all, there were Tomis, today's Romanian port of Constanza, plenty of wine.
What the poet left behind on this issue, are the oldest written testimonies about the wine-growing region. The Romanians have his snootiness not resented: Ovid's grave in Constanza adorns a large statue, Ovidiu is today a popular male name, and a popular wine by type of sherry is called "Lacrima lui Ovidiu", the "tears of Ovid."
At this historical reason, between the Black Sea and Danube, in the territory of Moldova, cover today the vineyards of Murfatlar, the largest winery in the country, which includes a single manufacturer. Ion Dobronauteanu holder, Mr over 3000 hectares of vineyards, is also among the most innovative wine Romanian industrialist: "We have modernized everything, from the basement Rebgärten on the technology to the bottling plant. The technology is adapted to each grape variety, which is harvest time for each wine science down. "
Many awards at wine exhibitions
The typical continental climate with hot, dry summers wines brings out the Dobronauteanu and his young manager Cosmin Popescu proud, "because of its smoothness and richness of her body." Several international prizes, including awards at major wine exhibition in Brussels, has roots in recent years with the golden Pinot Gris won, even with the complex Chardonnay, hay and acacia flowers aufweist tones, with Merlot of great finesse ( "touch of blueberries "), But also with Ovid's tears.
To 300,000 hectares, with the accession of Romania and Bulgaria 2007, the vineyard area of the European Union has grown, two-thirds of this increase is in Romania. "With its large vineyard, the country is now the fifth rank in the EU after Spain, France, Italy and Portugal," said Valeriu Tada, Romania's most prestigious Weinkundler. Approximately 27 liters of wine to drink every Romanian annually in Germany, 20 liters per capita consumed. The Romanians like their wine obviously, because 90 percent of annual production is consumed in the country.
But winemakers and oenologists Tada fight as a matter of the Romanian wines finally on the international market reputation and success. "After the political upheavals and decades of neglect, we have caught up tremendously," Tada said, "we have an extraordinary potential." With distinct varietal characteristics advertise more than 100 local wines. By historical cultural relations with France are also fashionable varietals like Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay or Aligote in Romania has been 100 years at home.
"Especially in the middle sector, our wines in quality and price good pace," says Dobronauteanu winemakers, "the problem is our image, as the whole country."
"Multifaceted country with fantastic vineyards"
"Oh God, Romania," says Dirk Würtz, wine maker - as he wants to be called - from Rheinhessen and connoisseur of Moldova territory, "it is for most still Dracula, thieves, gypsies." The 40-year-old maverick and wine bloggers, in the German wine scene is a quality fanatic and his Riesling and Pinot noir stir, has been "in love with this multifaceted country with its fantastic vineyards."
EASTERN EUROPE-QUIZ [M] DPA; blogs ONLINEIn hausen Vampire Romania, Bulgaria, there is only robbery and theft? on stereotypes about the two countries, there is no shortage. Try our Reisequiz how good you are actually on the latest EU members know! Even the Romanian Riesling tastes him. "Great stuff" has Würtz also in the Moldovan wine cellars of Panciu drunk, from Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling or white grape girls (Feteasca Alba) sparkling wine produced. The wine maker is now planning, as a joint venture, "the first Demeter farm in Romania with wine, agriculture and livestock."
But still had much to do to Romanian wines internationally competitive and to demand forward, Würtz says: "Investors have since EU funding should be used." Unlike the high-tech operation Murfatlar winery still looks much as in Communist times: The vines are zugewachsen sauerkraut, wine-making in old fiberglass tanks was "a nightmare".
Kadarkas sweet grapes and cheap girls in the lowest shelves of German supermarkets long shaped the image of Romanian wine. The full, extensive dry white and red grape girls, however, a Romanian indigenous grape variety, hardly anyone here knows. "This is systematically from the old wine industry has been murdered," says the hamburger wine critic Mario Scheuermann.
"Chaotic, but with a wonderful potential"
Especially for compensation with the GDR and the Soviet Union was "unspeakable Kadarka these Brereton of the East", as he describes Scheuermann, mass-exported. The time ruined reputation as vintners try Balla Geza in his 1999, after the political change, founded Winery "Wine Princess" to rehabilitate. For Arad, in western Romania, near the Hungarian border, builds the vintners to 60 hectares including the traditional Kardarka to. The ruby-red wine is "fundamental honesty," said Scheuermann, and "the best Bauernkadarka that I've ever drunk."
Senile vineyards, cellars outdated technology and old boy in the wine throughout the country will be renewed. Following the rest of the wine world have now been numerous ambitious undertaking found, whether private, governmental or cooperative organized.
Placed on quality from the outset, the French winemakers Guy Tyrel de Poix, in 1994 northeast of Bucharest SERVE founded the first private company in Romania's wine industry. With French know-how is the Count especially with the brand "Terra Romana" in Canada, the United States, Belgium, Germany and France successfully. Romania sees it as "the Chile Europe, partly chaotic, but with wonderful potential."
After laborious inception, Rodica Capatina, chief manager of the Carl Reh Winery in südrumänischen Oltenia, now prides itself on first international successes, "not only for us but for the whole country": Two top wines of the company, a Sauvigon Blanc, Chardonnay and Shiraz - Cabernet, were the gala dinner at the Berlin Press Ball served.
ON-LINE TO blogs Eastern Europe Quiz: Do you know the new neighbors? Danube Delta in Romania: Bullerby on Hartz IV (29.08.2008) km42 in Romania: The cheese-BluesDer growing prosperity in the country itself has the wine merchant Ciprian Banciu demanding opening stores inspired In the booming Transylvanian Cluj / Cluj, in Oradea, Timisoara and soon in Bucharest he sells not only Romanian wines around the winery Davino, but also "the best from each country," in the selection helps him Brett Crittenden, a renowned New Zealand wine expert .
With a share of 55 percent is already Germany's most important export market in Romania. With development strategies and the development of cooperative structures for years to help the German Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ). GTZ has just a common German-Romanian viticulture project completed. "Support also comes from the German Viticulture Association, which is already an old friend," says Oana Mueller, Bucharest, GTZ project manager of the program: "We are confident that our image will be transformed."
With a new leader by the Romanian wine-growing regions, which also appears in German, want the GTZ and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation help.
Valeriu Tada, Florin Andreescu: "Romania, land of wine." Adlibri Publishing House, Bucharest, 20 euros plus shipping.
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