After our meal at Milestii Mici our guide drove us at breakneck speed to make the last tour at Cricova winery. Viewed: 1320 times.
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Cricova only has a mere 75 miles of underground caves for wine production and storage.
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It is also housed in old limestone mines. Moldova used to be where all of the grapes from the USSR were shipped to be processed. Now it has a wealth of left over wine production infrastructure.
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Cricova also has an incredible collection of old wine, some of it over 100 years old.
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This collection is of German wine from between the two world wars.
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Cricova had many tasting rooms, with different themes.
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The theme here was life under the ocean. These rooms were incredible, it was easy to imagine what life was like for communist bigwigs at the height of the USSR.
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After the tour we got to sample some of the wine ourselves. Nations represented here were Italy, Armenia, Germany, USA, and Moldova.
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