Cricova wine tour in Moldova. Excursion tasting moldavian wines

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Cricova Wine Tour

Where:Cricova, Chisinau, Moldova

Duration:1 - 4 hours

Year by year skilful winemakers of Cricova fill its famous wine collection. Visit to the Cricova Halls is not only a trip to the wine country, but also a revel inevitable atmosphere of a mysterious Cricova underground, where one can taste its priceless wines.

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The year of 1953 is the year of foundation of the unique, majestic "Cricova" wine city, known not only in Moldova, but widely abroad. Before the foundation, Cricova underground was a place where sawed stone of shell-rock was mined and used as a building material.The ancestor of wine production, Mr. Piotr Ungureanu and others, discovered a microclimate, ideal for dry and sparkling wines storage. A constant temperature of 10-14 C and high level of humidity of 95-98% always held. After the clearing of sawed stone waste and some insignificant works on deepening, communication and asphaltation, fine wine materials of 50 thousand decalitres annually has been made here. First time in the Republic, in 1955 the production in small installments, of 50 -150 bottles annually, of sparkling wines started.The winery is situated at a depth of 50-80 meters under the ground. Natural limestone mines, that stretched out as a 60-kilometres ribbon on the slopes of a shallowed river, turned into the operating workshops. There is entire underground town with unusual street names like: Feteasca Avenue, Aigote Streets, Caberne, Riesling.The Sparkling and Fine Wines Enterprise "Cricova" is the founder of production of high-quality elite wines and is truly considered the pearl of Moldovan winemaking.

The Program: Monday to Friday from 9.00 till 21.00

After 15.00 and in weekends there is an additional fee of 100 lei per person.

The tours are organized in Romanian, Russian and English languages.

The Packages:

Name	Time	Price, lei	Included
Morning delight**	1 hour and 10 min	185 or 335 (with souvenir*)	Tour only
Oraşul Subteran (underground town)	1 hour and 10 min	350 or 500 (with souvenir*)	Tour only
National	1 hour and 30 min	490 or 640 (with souvenir*)	- the tour, - 4 different wines for tasting, - snacks: nuts, traditional pies, mineral water.
Professional	1 hour and 50 min	650 or 800 (with souvenir*)	- the tour, - 7 different wines for tasting, - snacks: cheese varieties, crackers, mineral water.
Moldovenesc (Moldovan)	2 hours	1100 or 1250 (with souvenir*)	- the tour, - 8 different wines for tasting, - meal #1, mineral water, tee/coffee.
V I P	2 hours and 30 min	1800 or 1950 (with souvenir*)	- the tour and the movie, - 9 different wines for tasting, - meal #2, mineral water, tee/coffee.
Premium Gold	3 hours	2500 or 2650 (with souvenir*)	- the tour and the movie, - 9 different wines for tasting, - meal #2, mineral water, tee/coffee.

* includes a bottle of classical sparkling wine and a bottle of a red wine in a special box

**Monday to Friday at 9 a.m.

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