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Heavy but not heavy rains, popularly called “shepherds’ rains”, by the end of May revived the hopes of Moldovan farmers for a decent berry harvest in 2025.
Control of Purcari Wineries Group will be taken over by a Polish investor, Maspex Romania, which is part of the Maspex Group – the largest private food and beverage company in Poland and one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe.
Logos Press provided the Association of Pork Producers of Moldova (APCPM) and the Patronate of Meat Processing Industries (PÎIPC) with a platform for public discussion.
The XXIII “Vernissage of Wines”, held on May 16, was dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the production of wines with protected geographical indication (IGP) in Moldova. The theme of the event was proposed by the Grape and Wine Union of the delimited geographical region Valul lui Traian, in order to show consumers which domestic wines have obtained the right to use the quality category of wines with IGP.
The Law on Grapes and Wine has undergone another procedure of harmonization with the EU legislation. This will further integrate Moldovan producers into the pan-European wine market.
Moldova’s growth plan for 2025-2027, signed this week by Prime Minister Dorin Recean and European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, in the section on investments in the agricultural sector provides for donor funding for rehabilitation/modernization of centralized irrigation systems, reforestation and reconstruction of local roads. Farmers believe that this is useful, but not enough.
The Combinatul de vinuri Cricova S.A. complex, which includes galleries of the former stone adit and underground structures (including tasting rooms), an ensemble of above-ground buildings with adjacent territories and landscape areas, will be included in the Register of Monuments of the Republic of Moldova protected by the state.
Wholesale prices for pork increased by about 10-12% from mid-April to mid-May. If in the middle of last month industrial pig farms offered their products to meat processing plants at an average price of 64 lei/kg, by the middle of May the price reached an average of 70 lei/kg. This was reported to Logos Press correspondent by the Patronate of Meat Processing Industry Enterprises PÎIPC.
Consumers in Moldova do not really understand the difference between wines with IGP and wines without IGP. Winemakers constantly talk about this. In domestic retail, these wines are not distinguished in any way, as it is customary, for example, in other countries. Therefore, even on the domestic market, it is difficult to sell wines with IGP more expensive, despite their higher quality and cost price.
In Moldova, the sales season for apples of the 2024 crop is nearing its end. Some large traders claim that export-quality stocks were exhausted as early as April, commodity balances are small, and they are interested in the domestic market “only insofar as”. There are market operators who believe that chain retailers in late spring – early summer may even face the need to import quality apples to RM.
The April FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) is up 1% from its March level. The increase does not seem to be large. And the attempt to correlate the global food market movement with the galloping growth of food prices in the Republic of Moldova looks strange. But only at first glance.
Moldovan winemaking companies say that one of the reasons for the decrease in the competitiveness of their products is the rise in the price of the bottle. Its main purchases are made in Moldova. In search of cheaper glass, winemakers turn to imports. They believe that the shift in their demand cannot but affect the main supplier of wine bottles to domestic wineries – Vetropack Chişinău.
