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Budureasca vineyards are cultivated on an area of 280 ha, divided into 250 ha of vines which have been replanted in 2010-2011, and 30 ha of old vines. They are located at an altitude of 175-400 m and the climatic conditions favour the growing of black grape varieties. The new Budureasca wine cellar opened in spring 2013 - has a surface of 5.300 m2, being the one of the newest and largest cellars in the Dealu Mare. The construction is buried on three of its sides, to fit perfectly into the landscape and to provide an easier thermal control Its avant-garde construction and the latest technology used to equip it, allows us to affirm that Budureasca is one of the most modern cellars in Romania, with a capacity production and storage of 2,5 mil liters. The cellar includes three main areas: the production-fermentation area (with a processing capacity of 900,000 litres), the conditioning-storage area (with a capacity of 1.6 million litres) and the area where the maturation and the ageing of the fine wines take place. Our winemaker -Stephen Donelly- is English, with over 30 years of international experience, known by the media as the “Flying Winemaker” or “Wine Trouble Shooter”. He started his career in the Napa Valley, studying at Davis University, California and has since used his skills crafting exceptional wines in England, Hungary, South Africa, India and Romania. He won over 70 international gold and silver awards for Budureasca from competitions such as Rose du Monde, Mundus Vini, Mondial du Merlot, Decanter, Mondial de Bruxelles and The International Wine Challenge, London. Stephen says “It is my role as a winemaker to bring out the very best that each grape variety can offer and it is my philosophy that when it comes to quality, there is no compromise.”

On the hills of the VILA DOBRUSA estate, where vineyards have been grown for thousands of years, the modern AVINCIS Winery creates elegant, complex and balanced wines. Cramposie Selectionata and Negru de Dragasani from AVINCIS are two wine varieties that have their origins in the Dragasani area. These two wines are a perfect pair for the holiday dishes. Cramposie Selectionata was named Best White Wine, 92 points out of 100, within the Gault & Millau Romania Wine Guide, which contains the best Romanian Wines for 2019.