News about Winemaking

At the end of 2025, the Republic of Moldova ranked 9th among wine suppliers to Poland.

Winemakers from the Republic of Moldova won 66 medals at one of the most prestigious international competitions—the 33rd Concours Mondial de Bruxelles.

The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) reminds growers that recent heavy rains and high humidity are creating favorable conditions for the spread of a number of plant diseases and pests.

Moldova exports more IT services than wine.

The government of Georgia will auction a collection of 40,000 bottles of wines of Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (Bolsheviks).

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Wine Vernissage, held under the slogan “Wine Vernissage. Our Pride”, more than 1,200 people gathered.

The Cricova winery ended 2025 under pressure from rising costs: production costs increased, profitability declined, and sales growth failed to keep pace with higher production costs.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi participated in a conference on the promotion of trade and economic cooperation between Moldova and China, organized in Shanghai.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi held a meeting in Shanghai with the official distributors of Milestii Mici wines, the Shanghai-based company Lanci, during which they discussed the prospects of expanding the export of Moldovan wines to the Chinese market and promoting Moldova’s image through wine products.

Moldovan wine producer Purcari acquires the winery SERVE Ceptura, a Romanian wine producer located in the commune of Ceptura, Dealu Mare. The transaction is at the stage of finalization.

The strategic concept for the development of the wine sector for 2026-2030 was approved by the MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.

In the fruit-growing sector, where export depends more on the quality than on the quantity of production, the director of Biyaz Salkim company, Vera Iabanji, has created an agricultural business worthy of becoming a model for farmers from Gagauzia. Especially those who expect in the future to create a stable channel for exporting their products to the highly marginal fruit market of the European Union.

The Republic of Moldova strengthened its position on the international market of non-bottled wine, rising from 13th to 11th place in the world ranking of exporters, according to the analysis “Top 25 World Exporters of Bottled Wine: 2000 vs. 2024”, based on UN Comtrade data.

Global wine consumption in 2025 has fallen to its lowest level since 1957.

To speed up the procedure, the Public Property Agency proposes to exempt both wineries from paying deductions and dividends from the profits earned by them in 2025 to the state budget.

This October, the Republic of Moldova will celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Wine Day, using this momentous occasion to highlight its wine heritage, tourism offer and growing international presence under the slogan ‘United by Wine’.

Azerbaijan has expressed interest in using Moldovan advanced technologies and know-how in viticulture and winemaking, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ilhama Gadimova said.

UPDATED. Sergiu Gherciu, Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, is currently in the Republic of Azerbaijan, where he is taking part in the 19th International Agricultural Exhibition ‘Caspian Agri-Week’ and the 31st International Food Industry Exhibition ‘InterFood Azerbaijan’.

Shortly after arriving in Canada in the early 2000s, after initially settling in Toronto, Ontario, Alex Bodishtian and his wife Lilia made their first trip to Niagara to see the Niagara-on-the-Lake wine region. What they saw reminded them a lot of their homeland.

The National Bureau of Statistics reports that (wholesale) producer prices (large farms – 50 ha or more) for agricultural products in January-March 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 decreased by 4.7% overall. Specifically, prices for plant products decreased by an average of 9.1%, while prices for livestock products increased by an average of 4.4%.