Vinăria Romanești · Basvinex

Vinăria Romanești is one of the oldest and most important historic wineries in Moldova - the Romanești vineyard estate (Strășeni district) belonged to the Cristi noble family and is one of the oldest vineyards in the Codru area, today under the Basvinex brand. In the late 19th century, Romanești wines won medals at the international exhibitions in Paris (1900) and Bordeaux (1904), and Tsar Nicholas II commissioned them for the imperial court. After the Soviet period (1944-1991, when it became one of the largest wine combines in the USSR, producing 2 million bottles a year), the brand was privatised as Basvinex SRL in 2002 and restored with major investment. Today the winery offers guided tours through the historic 19th-century stone cellars, tastings of Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagră and Cabernet and the Romanești 1880 anniversary collection, plus a museum of vintage Tsarist-era bottles.