GRAPE VARIETIES

Feteasca Regalar
Feteasca Regalar Feteasca regala is one of the best known and most sought after varieties of grape in Romania. Discovered near Sighisoara, Transylvania, in 1920, it is supposed to be a hybrid of Feteasca alba and Grasa de Cotnari (source Ampelografia). According [...]
Feteasca neagra
Feteasca neagra Indigenous Romanian grape variety, which has been grown for hundreds of years on substantial plantings in the south of Moldova and eastern Muntenia. Today it is grown in most regions of Romania, but also outside the country’s borders. [...]
Busuioaca de Bohotin
Busuioaca de Bohotin Synonyms - Muscat rouge de Frontignan, Muscat fioletovai, Muscat violet cyperus Originally from Bohotin region, Iasi Co., Busuioaca de Bohotin is a variety similar to Tamaioasa romaneasca. It adapts to the eco-climatic conditions of NE Moldova, [...]
Zghihara de Husi
Zghihara de Husi This variety was grown in Vaslui Co. and it is synonymous to: Zghihara Galbena, Zghihara verde batuta, Poama de Husi, Poama molodoveneasca, Ghihara, Galbena de Husi, Poama zosoneasca, Poama vinoasa de Husi. The grapes have a greenish-yellow [...]
Feteasca alba
Feteasca alba Synonyms - Leanka, Poama fetei, Pasareasca alba, Weisse madchentraube This grape variety was cultivated before phylloxera appeared in our country. It is a white clonal variation of the indigenous variety Feteasca neagra originating in the area [...]
Tamaioasa Romaneasca
Tamaioasa Romaneasca Synonyms - Muscat Frontignan, Busuioaca de Moldova, Tamaioasa alba de Dragasani, Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains, Rumanische Weihrauchtraube Muscat variety probably originated in Ancient Greece. It has been cultivated for at least two millennia in [...]
Sarba
Sarba Created by SCDVV Odobesti, Vrancea County in 1972 by natural fecundation of Italian Riesling (Welschriesling). It is a semi-aromatic variety recommended to be consumed young and fresh. Sarba gives average-sized, tapered bunches, with compact [...]
Plavaie
Plavaie History/Origin: a local Romanian variety, grown in the Moldavian area, mostly in Vrancea. Plavaia bunches are large in size and cylindrical in shape, slightly flared. The grapes are very compact and, when mature, they squeeze against each other [...]
Novac
Novac Novac grape variety was obtained by Marculescu Mircea through individual selection from the variety Negru vartos and variety Saperavi, at SCDVV Dragasani. It was released in 1987. Ampelographic characters. Adult leaves are medium sized [...]
Negru de Dragasani
Negru de Dragasani Negru de Dragasani grape variety was obtained by Marculescu M. and Vladasel M. through individual selection at SCDVV Dragasani. It was obtained as a result of the sexual hybridization between Negru vartos and Saperavi and it was released in 1993. [...]
Cramposie selectionata
Cramposie selectionata Synonym – Carloganca This grape variety goes back to pre-Roman Empire days, when the region between the Danube and the Carpathians was inhabited by the Dacians. It is one of the few Dacian varieties that have survived over the [...]
Babeasca Neagra
Babeasca Neagra Many names were given to this grape over time and a simple listing of them could offer us obvious clues about the places where it has been established so far, proving also its capacity to be enjoyed. To spare from effort those curious by nature, [...]
Francusa
Francusa This is an old Romanian cultivar, produced for centuries in Cotnari vineyard. Ampelographic characteristics: the adult leaf is middle-sized, trilobate or pentalobate, the leaf’s limb is dark green colored, slightly crinkled, with the edges [...]
Grasa de Cotnari
Grasa de Cotnari This is a grapevine cultivated from ancient times in Cotnari vineyard, where it had continuity. Ampelographic (Identification) characters: the adult leaf is middle-sized, entire or trilobite, the leaf’s limb is dark green colored with [...]
Mustoasa de Maderat
Mustoasa de Maderat Local grape variety, originating from Maderat village and cultivated in Minis-Maderat vineyard, Arad county. There are several controversies over its origins: in the foreign literature, some say that Mustoasa de Maderat is one and the same with [...]
Galbena de Odobesti
Galbena de Odobesti A domestic variety cultivated mainly in the Odobesti vineyard, but also in vineyards across the rest of the country, albeit on much smaller areas. It is part of the so-called group of Galabena, along with Zghihara de Husi and Galbena Negra (galbena [...]

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