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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
The situation on the world wine market is changing, which gives rise to new challenges for business. Oleg Volku, General Director of Imperial-Vin Group, spoke about the trends that have emerged in the crisis.
We can already talk about Moldovan wines being sold in Sweden, a country where the turnover of alcoholic beverages is regulated by strict rules of the state monopoly (Systembolaget). And our compatriot living in this country, former soccer player Sergiu Tanurkov, who created a company for importing wines, played a significant role in this. And three Swedes, who also liked Moldovan wines and became business partners, help him in this.
The most important exhibition in the wine world, ProWein` 2025, took place on March 16-18 in Düsseldorf (Germany). It was attended by about 4.2 thousand companies (a year ago – 5.4 thousand) from 65 countries, including 46 Moldovan producers of wine and divine at a common stand under the brand Wine of Moldova. The exposition was visited by about 42 thousand specialists from 128 countries (last year – 47 thousand people from 135 countries). This reflects the crisis in the world wine industry, as global wine consumption is on the decline.
On March 12-13, 2025, Chisinau hosted the Green and Just Transition Summit, which brought together more than 100 non-profit civil society organizations from the fields of environment, youth, culture, labor market, human rights organizations, and media. The event provided a platform for sharing experiences, discussing Moldova’s commitments to sustainable development, building partnerships and attracting sources of funding for environmental initiatives. The summit was organized by the New Democracy Foundation (Denmark).
The first commercial shipment of Moldovan apples was sent to India on March 19. The export shipment is carried out in the standard (non-test) mode. Prior to that, several trial shipments totaling 260 tons were sent to the Indian market in the enhanced control mode during 2023-24. Due to positive assessments of these deliveries, as LP reported (No. 7 of 28.02.25), on February 21, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture completed all necessary procedures and included Moldova in the list of countries approved for apple deliveries in the standard mode, in accordance with Indian phytosanitary norms.
A clear allusion to the Buridan donkey (who died of hunger, unable to choose the better of two haystacks) in one of the reports at the General Meeting of the Moldova Fruct Association very figuratively describes the difficult situation in Moldovan fruit growing.
A few weeks ago, the famous Invino enoteca was preparing to close. Logos Press wrote that Chisinau needed it both as a place of wine culture and as a place for foreign guests to get acquainted with the best Moldovan wines. Fortunately, the project was saved. The new owners of the business are Ludmila Druta and Ludmila Strong.
Winemakers presented their wines from the 2024 vintage at traditional regional tastings. There were three of them – in the IGP Valul lui Traian, IGP ?tefan Voda and IGP Codru zones. 48 enterprises participated in them.
The 45th specialized exhibition MOLDAGROTECH opened in the international exhibition center Moldexpo on March 12. More than 60 exhibitors from 10 countries presented their products and technologies. The exhibition will last four days.
In 2024, the total value of agricultural products produced in Moldova amounted to about 41.37 billion lei. This is 1% less as compared to 2023, and the decline with respect to 2021 is about 14.5%. Taking into account the inflation rate and fluctuations in prices for vegetable and animal products, the conclusion is obvious – in real terms, the value of agricultural products has decreased and the sector is stagnating.
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) inspected 88 wineries in 2024 (82 in 2023) and 40 specialized warehouses (39 the year before). A total of 186 state control inspections were carried out, including 58 unannounced inspections, not counting participation in joint inspections with other bodies.
Overall wine consumption is currently declining worldwide. And this trend will continue. However, there are some types of wines for which demand is growing. Among them is pet-nat. Why don’t we produce and sell what is fashionable and in demand?
