Drink Me Magazine
Why Romanian wines
Native grapes
the world hasn't learned yet.
Romania isn't a footnote on the world wine map. It's the part of the map the world hasn't turned to yet — a place where wine still starts with origin, not with trends.
A country of origin
Grapes that stayed.
Here, wine doesn't start with trends — it starts with origin. With grapes that were born here, shaped here, and still speak the language of this land: Fetească Neagră. Fetească Albă. Fetească Regală. Negru de Drăgășani. Busuioacă de Bohotin.
Names the world can't pronounce yet — but names that carry centuries of place, soil and story. Grapes that didn't travel the world to become something else. They stayed. They evolved. They kept the taste of where they come from.
Romania is raw. Authentic. Wild in all the right ways. A country of hills, forests, winds and edges — a place where wine still grows with instinct, not instruction.
- 13th wine producer in the world by output (OIV 2023)
- 6th in the European Union by volume
- ~180k hectares of vineyards across the country
- 14 native grape varieties with no close relatives anywhere else
These aren't wines you choose because you already know them — these are wines you choose because you want to discover something real, something different, something with a heartbeat.
In the press
The world is starting to learn.
A growing chorus of independent writers, sommeliers and travel editors making the case for Romania.
Grape Collective
“Romanian wine looks forward”
Read the article →Romanian Lesson
“What makes a Romanian wine special?”
Read the article →viennahouse.com
“Adorable Romanian wines”
Read the article →From the cellar
Award-winning bottles
Medal-takers from the international stage. Bottles that proved native Romanian grapes belong in the global conversation.







