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WINE WAY Contents Table of Contents ..........................................................3 Corcova Roy & Damboviceanu ...........................................5 Research and Development Station for Plant Growing on Dabuleni Sand ...................................6 “The Crown Estate” Wine-Cellar of Segarcea ........................8 “Banu Mărăcine” Research Station .....................................9 Viti-Pomicola Samburesti SA – Samburesti Estates ................ 10 Vinarte Estates ........................................................... 12 Vine-Wine Segarcea ..................................................... 13 Cetate Cultural Port - Cetate Wine-Cellar ............................. 14 Vine-Wine Vânju Mare .................................................. 15 Carl Reh Winery SRL – Oprisor Cellar ................................ 16 Lopushna Winery ......................................................... 19 Vidinska Gamza Winery ................................................. 20 Calotoff Winery ........................................................... 21 Novoselska Gamza ...................................................... 22 “Albena Simenova 1” LTD .............................................. 24 Borovitza Winery......................................................... 25 Chateau Burgozone ...................................................... 26 Magura ...................................................................... 28 The Wine Museum ....................................................... 30 Institute of vine and wine - Pleven .................................. 31 4 Corcova Roy & Damboviceanu Located in the South-West of the country, in Mehed- had been built by Prince Anton Bibescu at the begin- inti County, Corcova is considered a new vineyard for ning of the 20th century, were ruined. the today consumers, although it continues the tradi- tion of producing quality wine, a practice that begun In the summer of 2005, the company bought 12 hec- in this area hundreds of years ago. tares of vine planted by the Corcova IAS and approxi- mately 50 hectare of land planted with ruined vine, Corcova Roy & Damboviceanu wines are special and have in Jirov Village. Both locations had been planted with that "gout du terroir", because all the necessary ele- vine ever since the time of the Bibescu family estate ments meet in the same place: a temperate-continental and their predisposition to vine culture was confirmed. climate with Mediterranean influence - warm and dry Later on, the company applied for financing from the summers, gentle winters, with increased rain fall; soils SAPARD Fund in order to replace the aged vine and with a diverse lithological structure and rich in minerals, re-plant it with higher quality strains. The project re- specific to the Motru Piedmont, that is part of the larg- ceived financing and it was finalized in 2007. Thus, est piedmont area in the country, the Getic Piedmont; during the years of 2006 and 2007, 40 hectares were noble vine with the proper strains, supplied by Pepiniers planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Hebinger and the careful and responsible work of the Noir, Muscat Ottonel and Chardonnay strains. Except Roy&Damboviceanu Corcova team. for Syrah, the strains had been cultivated in Corcova since the Bibescu family Estate, being included in the Starting with 2005, 55 hectares of land have been re- D.O.C authorized strains for Mehedinti-Corcova area. planted with vines from Pepiniers Hebinger in France and strains dating back from the time of Bibescu's es- The wine cellars were fully renovated and modernized tate - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Syrah, throughout 2008-2009. With the support of the EFARD Muscat Ottonel, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc - as well (European Fund for Agriculture and Rural Develop- as Feteasca Neagra. Furthermore, the wine cellars ment), the wine cellars were equipped with modern built by Prince Antoine Bibescu were completely re- machines and tools that facilitate processing, accord- furbished throughout 2008-2009, observing the initial ing to European standards. architecture and equipped with wine production ma- chines manufactured by the most prestigious special- After new planting process organized in 2008 and 2010, ized companies in France and Italy. the cultivated surface reached an area of 55 hectares, out of which 40 are cultivated with red wine strains. The Wine-growing Viticola Corcova Company, prop- erty of Roy & Damboviceanu was founded in 2005, a Contact: Adress: Corcova, 227125 Jud. Mehedinti moment when, out of the 470 hectares of vine that Phone/Fax: +40252.383.541 the Corcova State Agricultural Enterprise (IAS) owned, Email: [email protected] only 18 hectares were left and the wine cellars, which 5 Research and Development Station for Plant Growing on Dabuleni Sand Research and Development Station for Plant Growing the best herbs for enhancing the sandy soil and one on Dabuleni Sand is one of the key units of Romani- of the most profitable pplants that can be grown on an agricultural research, nationally and internation- these lands. This is happening and by the fact that ally recognized by the outstanding results achieved the wine has a strong root system, which penetrates in transforming poor productive sandy soils in more sea floor deep, exploring a large volume of soil, pro- fertile soils, very important in increasing agricultural viding the plant with water and nutrients. Vine re- production in the influence area of the resort. search aims the technology about growing vine on sandy soils in order to increase the technical – eco- Established in 1959, this unit has emerged as a continued nomic competitiveness and turning grapes obtained need for agricultural research on sandy soils, started in in Dabuleni sandy soils conditions. 1930 in Garla Mare locality, Mehedinti county by ICAR co- ordinated by Gheorghe Ionescu Sisesti acad., then con- Research objectives pursued for achieving this are: tinued at Poiana Mare, Dolj county, during 1933 – 1935, -preventig and combating drought and increased ser- and after that, continued by the Agronomic Institute vice life of vine plantations by increasing planting “Tudor Vladimirescu” teachers in Craiova, after 1955. depth, fertility, irrigation, fertilization, foliar and soil maintenance; In the SCDCPN Dabuleni is conducting a research on most species of agricultural and horticultural plants, -establish an integrated system for preventing and and among them the vine. controlling pathogens and pests and prevent or re- duce products and environmental pollution by using Vine due to the relatively lower demands by envi- biological products with low toxicity ronmental factors, has found its place in sandy soils areas, where it became a tradition, with specific -introduction of new vines crop varieties with black technology elements. Over time, proved to be one of grapes for red wine to improve wine quality 6 -introduction of table grapes vine varieties for extreme- ly early and early production with top quality indices In the research field of grapes harnessing the stud- ies done through vinification showed the superiority of wines obtained by technological blends compared to those obtained from pure varieties. Through the technological blends of grapes or grape wines the defects of pure wines are removed and val- uable components are kept. Based on produced wines studies were established the types of wine obtained from varieties grown on sandy soils and from values of the key constituents. Thus determined alcoholic strength varies widely at the overall level, between 8,4 and 12% volume, with an average of 10,6% volume of the studied varieties. A good content , showed the white wines made from Riesling Italian and Rkatiteli varieties and also the Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon red wines. entific papers, technology vine growing on sandy soils and wine production technologies. The wine’s acidity has low values (3,3-4,6 g / l H2 SO4), a better acidity giving the Rkatiteli white wines and the The grape variety specific to the area of sandy soils with Sangiovese and Grand Noir from Calmette red wines. the highest expansion in this area is Rosioara. Good re- sults were found to the Sangiovese varieties with grapes The results of the research conducted at CCDCPN for red wines, to the Rkatiteli with grapes for white wines Dabuleni have been resulted in a large number of sci- and Victoria and Black Coarna varieties with table grapes. 7 “The Crown Estate” Wine-Cellar of Segarcea Among the 12 great landed properties of the royal fam- ily, the only vineyard was at Segarcea.